Lying? okay.

My Point stands: The US wouldnt start bombing the enemy when they´re telling the world "we have american hostages". Depending on who the enemy is, they´d start negotiations and/or gather more Intel to futher evaluate the Situation. And instead of calling me a liar, how about you drop the whole comparison and instead accept that Itami´s actions were nonsensical for somebody who´s trying to negotiate peace?