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==Career==

==Career==

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 name="JDG2018" /><ref name="Blumenthal20130913">{{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=December 24, 2019}}</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."<ref name="Blumenthal20130913" />

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."<ref name="Blumenthal20130913" />

Following a December 2015 trip, Blumnthal said the White Helmets in the [[Syrian War)]] were connected to [[Al-Qaeda]] and anti-Assad Syrians were members of the group.<ref name="JDG2018" /> In his opinion, the group was "driven by a pro-interventionist agenda conceived by the 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, Blumnthal said the White Helmets in the [[Syrian War)]] were connected to [[Al-Qaeda]] and anti-Assad Syrians were members of the group.<ref name="JDG2018" /> In his opinion, the group was "driven by a pro-interventionist agenda conceived by the 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>