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." |