Reply #34: Lying is hard to prove

[Nederland]

To prove a person lied you have to prove that what they said was false and they knew it to be false.

Proving that what they said was false is easy--the facts speak for themselves.

Proving that they knew it was untrue is much more difficult. Barring some sort of memo saying "I know Saddam doesn't have WMD but let's say he does so we can invade" you simply can't prove it.