We live in a society where we speak of nation building, spreading democracy and even refer to "humanitarian bombings" without a hint of sarcasm.

There is not even much criticism of it leaking into mainstream media. We've figured out how to dismiss "those protesty people" so well that we don't even have to remember they exist. We don't need a conspiracy to explain this, we've just gotten bored with it and no longer pay attention.

Anyone who pointed out the hypocrisy of sponsoring a civil war and conducting direct bombing campaigns against Libyans to "protect Libyans" was assumed to be a mouthpiece in a partisan debate - haters gonna hate right?