Thomas Mountain comments on Afshin Rattansi's new film on Eritrea, "Eritrea: A Nation in Isolation." "They're trying to isolate us [Eritrea], but it's not working." He also compares press freedom in Eritrea to that in the West. The discussion takes them to Syria, Gaza and Egypt.
Aimable Mugara comments on the M23 "rebel" group.
Rick Rozoff describes the plan to station Patriot missiles near Syria and Iran. He also reports on the Turkish/NATO plans for Syria: NATO's southeastern border with Syria is the new frontier.