*The Iraq War started the post-truth era. And America is to blame.*

I don't think that is entirely true, because the right-wingers were using lies before that. The campaign to capture US policy decisions for the rich, and pretend that non-rich receiving government help were the exploiters, started in the 1970s; it was based on lies from top to bottom.

It has been argued that al-Libi was not merely giving his torturers what they demanded, but intentionally encouraging a war between the US and Saddam Hussein, both being enemies of al-Qa'ida.