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In September 2013, Blumenthal reported for ''[[The Nation]]'' from the Zaatari refugee camp in [[Jordan]] on the conditions in which Syrian refugees were living.<ref>{{cite news|last=Blumenthal|first=Max|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/176158/we-just-wish-hit-put-end-massacres|title=We Just Wish for the Hit to Put an End to the Massacres|work=[[The Nation]]|date=September 13, 2013|access-date=}}</ref> He wrote of being "staunchly against US strikes, mainly because I believe they could exacerbate an already horrific situation without altering the political reality in any meaningful way". The refugees in Zaatari deserved to be heard and commented in the article: "there was not one person I spoke to in Zaatari who did not demand US military intervention at the earliest possible moment."

In September 2013, Blumenthal reported for ''[[The Nation]]'' from the Zaatari refugee camp in [[Jordan]] on the conditions in which Syrian refugees were living.<ref>{{cite news|last=Blumenthal|first=Max|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/176158/we-just-wish-hit-put-end-massacres|title=We Just Wish for the Hit to Put an End to the Massacres|work=[[The Nation]]|date=September 13, 2013|access-date=}}</ref> He wrote of being "staunchly against US strikes, mainly because I believe they could exacerbate an already horrific situation without altering the political reality in any meaningful way". The refugees in Zaatari deserved to be heard and commented in the article: "there was not one person I spoke to in Zaatari who did not demand US military intervention at the earliest possible moment."

Following a December 2015 trip, Blumenthal said the White Helmets in the [[Syrian War]] were connected to [[Al-Qaeda]] and anti-Assad Syrians were members of the group.  In his opinion, the group was "driven by a pro-interventionist agenda conceived by the [[Western alliance|Western governments]] and public relations groups that back them" and were being used as a Trojan horse, an excuse for the [[United States]] to propose having "70,000 American servicemen" invade Syria.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lucas|first=Scott|url=http://theconversation.com/who-are-syrias-white-helmets-and-why-are-they-so-controversial-66580|title=Who are Syria's White Helmets, and why are they so controversial?|work=The Conversation|date=October 7, 2016|access-date=}}</ref>

Following a December 2015 trip, Blumenthal said the White Helmets in the [[Syrian War]] were connected to [[Al-Qaeda]] and anti-Assad Syrians were members of the group.  In his opinion, the group was "driven by a pro-interventionist agenda conceived by the [[Western alliance|Western governments]] and public relations groups that back them" and were being used as a Trojan horse, an excuse for the [[United States]] to propose having "70,000 American servicemen" invade [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Lucas|first=Scott|url=http://theconversation.com/who-are-syrias-white-helmets-and-why-are-they-so-controversial-66580|title=Who are Syria's White Helmets, and why are they so controversial?|work=The Conversation|date=October 7, 2016|access-date=}}</ref>

Blumenthal eventually was fired by [[Libyan war|Libyan war criminal]] [[Hillary Clinton]]<ref>[http://informationclearinghouse.info/article44347.htm ''New York Times'' on Clinton and Libya: Portrait of a war criminal], Bill Van Auken, 1 March 2016.</ref> and [[Nordstream terror attack]] mastermind [[Jake Sullivan]]<ref>[https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline], Seymour Hersh, Feb 8 2023.</ref> for comments Blumenthal made upon the death of [[Elie Wiesel]].<ref>http://www.mediaite.com/online/the-911-anniversary-that-the-clintons-and-the-news-media-really-want-you-to-forget/</ref><ref>https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Clinton-campaign-slams-hateful-Max-Blumenthal-comments-on-the-late-Elie-Wiesel-459657</ref>  

Blumenthal eventually was fired by [[Libyan war|Libyan war criminal]] [[Hillary Clinton]]<ref>[http://informationclearinghouse.info/article44347.htm ''New York Times'' on Clinton and Libya: Portrait of a war criminal], Bill Van Auken, 1 March 2016.</ref> and [[Nordstream terror attack]] mastermind [[Jake Sullivan]]<ref>[https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline], Seymour Hersh, Feb 8 2023.</ref> for comments Blumenthal made upon the death of [[Elie Wiesel]].<ref>http://www.mediaite.com/online/the-911-anniversary-that-the-clintons-and-the-news-media-really-want-you-to-forget/</ref><ref>https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Clinton-campaign-slams-hateful-Max-Blumenthal-comments-on-the-late-Elie-Wiesel-459657</ref>