U.S., other media give undue credence to Qaddifi regime's lies

Don't know why so much attention is paid to all the lies being spewed by Qaddafi and his minions. Why do they grant the man and his minions so much credence? All the nonsense about "ceasefires" and "civilian casualties," easily disproved as lies. The same media rarely prints facts from progressives. It's galling. n
Another thing: they keep referring to Qaddafi and his gang as "Libya." That's how Qaddafi has it, equating himself with the country. Or "the government." It's no government. In fact there's barely been a real state in Libya for decades. It's a cult of one man and his deranged followers and enforcers.

And if they're so afraid of being seen as "colonialists," why amplify Qaddafi's sham anti-colonialist rhetoric along these lines? (The egregious Russian boss Vladimir Putin echoed Qaddafi, calling the UN Security Council resolution authorizing military action  a "crusade," as in the Christian invasions of Muslim lands a thousand years ago. (Some people sure can hold a grudge a long time, huh?)

"The resolution is defective and flawed," Putin told workers at a Russian ballistic missile factory. "It allows everything. It resembles medieval calls for crusades." So why didn't Russia VETO it, Vlad? You could have.