If by your Bill Chrystal you mean Bill Kristol i agree https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/06/anti-trump-group-led-by-bill-kristol-raised-spent-big-money-during-2020.html at least his opposition to the national populism as represented by Trump is at least a welcome step away from his The Weekly Standard days. If not i'm sorry don't know who you mean. As far as Murdoch and his ilk being puppet masters there is no doubt about that. Murdoch, as far as i know, has had a much wider reach than those as the Kochs. Brexit being one of his biggest later accomplishments.