David Rothkopf, a political scientist, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, argues that “President Biden deserves credit, not blame” for the “political courage to fully end America’s involvement”
In 2018, Rothkopf became a registered foreign agent and media consultant for the United Arab Emirates (The Intercept), but his piece in the Atlantic is still worth a read.
Georgie Monbiot writes about the almost universal cheerleading of the media and the ignoring of the dissenting voices when the invasion of Afghanistan started as part of the War on Terror. In his view the reason for that is
