- It is not a war against Ghouta but a “cold” war between the USA and Russia, dividing Syria by an independent journalist from Kuwait, Elijah J Magnier posted on his blog.
- The battle of Damascus and East Ghouta by Serge Marchand posted on VoltaireNet (France).
- Media owned by warlords, govt owned by big money, shock doctrine The Redacted Tonight show features Lee Camp ranting satirically on the revolving door sociopaths who are getting rich off wars as they rotate from positions in secret "intelligence" services, media corporations, and war industries.
Lee Camp gives us a shortlist of major media networks who hire war profiteers to give us their take on foreign policy. Naomi Karavani explains how employees are stealing workers’ wages and John F. O’Donnell updates us on the privatization and militarization of the relief efforts in Puerto Rico.