The post you link to gets the Blumenthal email completely wrong.

This is so weirdly and bizarrely wrong.

First off 2011 is two years after she started using her clintonemail.com account.

Secondly, this email is months AFTER the uprising started. It's from Christmas Eve 2011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War#Civil_uprising_.28March.E2.80.93July_2011.29

The protests began on 15 March 2011 The beginning of the insurgency is typically marked by formation of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) on 29 July 2011 Thirdly Sidney Blumenthal WAS NOT IN SYRIA.

Fourthly, Sidney did not write those words. His son Max did.

The email is Sidney passing along an blog post by his son Max. You can find it here.

http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/2765

Fifthly, the blog post makes clear that Max Blumenthal was not in Syria either. He is commenting on these signs coming out of Kafranbel. He asks a friend to translate the Arabic signs. http://english.al-akhbar.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/2cols/obamathankyou.jpegJPEG

Once again folks here have missed the humor and took it literally. To be clear, this part is a joke "Happy holidays! From Kafranabel, Syria."