<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[CO-OP NEWS]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cooptv.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Coop Anti-War Cafe Berlin]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cooptv.wordpress.com/author/zeitgeistmusic/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[War of Words: Journalist Max Blumenthal calls out Democracy Now for backing ‘neocon project of regime change &amp; intervention in&nbsp;Syria]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<div class="m_-4464559947776857832article__summary m_-4464559947776857832summary">Journalist Max Blumenthal called out Democracy Now for pushing for regime change in Syria. The move sparked a war of words between guest Wendy Pearlman and others on Twitter&#8230;.</div>
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<div>Tweeting footage from a Democracy Now <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yXSAYhE0sY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">discussion</a> about Syria, Blumenthal questioned the news outlet’s apparent backing of <em>“the neocon project of regime change in Syria.”</em> He also pointed to guest Pearlman’s earlier calls for the US to provide air cover to extremist groups in Syria, highlighting just how poorly that strategy worked in Libya</div>
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<p><a class="m_-4464559947776857832moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.rt.com/news/419853-blumenthal-pearlman-syria-twitter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.rt.com/news/419853-blumenthal-pearlman-syria-twitter/</a></p>
<p>Original interview on Democracy Now</p>
<p><a class="m_-4464559947776857832moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.democracynow.org/2018/2/23/as_death_toll_rises_in_eastern" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.democracynow.org/2018/2/23/as_death_toll_rises_in_eastern</a></p>
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