He may seem like he's fruit loops, but he's right that war profiteers and the news media have used the Afghan war to get rich. They've been in bed with members of the CIA for ages.

I always see him as an opportunist journalist with no moral compass, and who has focued his whole life only on what will get to the front page. He's thus an informative journalist, while also bringing a very bad reputatioin to the profession. The best journalists take risks and often speak with members of the CIA, and have important messages about the deep state (which Glenn works within, because he doesn't care about the moral implications of supporting Trump and other corrupt people), and one result of the best kind of journalism is that - in the past 3 decades - 2,658 journalists have been killed. source. It's a difficult job, when done right. I agree with much of what Glenn has exposed, but he'd also sell his grandmother for a loaf of bread.