Do Humans ever speak not entirely untruthfully? Like in geopolitics, or like you in this comment section? If you take everything (that the West prints) at face

Do Humans ever speak not entirely untruthfully? Like in geopolitics, or like you in this comment section? If you take everything (that the West prints) at face value, do you take war seriously (an accusation you made of someone else, based on questionable reasoning)?