Angelina Jolie: We Have a Moral Obligation to Help Iraqi Refugees

We have finally reached a point where humanitarian assistance, from us and others, can have an impact.

UNHCR goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie visited Iraq earlier this month and penned her experience for The Washington Post.

Here are some excerpts from Angie’s excellent opinion piece: “During my trip I also met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who has announced the creation of a new committee to oversee issues related to internally displaced people, and a pledge of $40 million to support the effort.

“My visit left me even more deeply convinced that we not only have a moral obligation to help displaced Iraqi families, but also a serious, long-term, national security interest in ending this crisis.

“Today’s humanitarian crisis in Iraq — and the potential consequences for our national security — are great. Can the United States afford to gamble that 4 million or more poor and displaced people, in the heart of Middle East, won’t explode in violent desperation, sending the whole region into further disorder?”

Read the full article at WashingtonPost.com.

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Just a few years ago she was being linked to every guy around, the tabloids were sticking her with the desperate for a man tag and the work was drying up. Much like Jennifer today. My point is if you want to bash Jennifer for something, make sure the woman you all admire hasn’t been in the same position. It makes your argument weak.

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WTF are you talking about? Just because the tabloids used Angelina to link with every guy they could as filler, it isn’t Angelina’s fault. Her work wasn’t drying up? Between LC: TR and LC:COL Aj made “Life or Something Like It”adopted Maddox and ended her marriage to BBT. between LS:COL and now she made Changeling; Wanted; Kung Fu Panda: Beowulf: A Mighty Heart; The Good Shepherd: Mr. & Mrs. Smith; Alexander; The Fever ; Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ;Shark Tale; Taking Lives & Beyond Borders — all in 5 years time. I’m not going to whip up JA’s because I don’t roll like that but this schedule rivals any of her peers in her age group. Go checkout Charlize Theron, Thandie Newton, Kate Winslet or Maggie Gylenhall for the period 2002 to 2007. Drying up = hater wishful thinking!

you gotta love Angie..

how can you not? && i appreciate her deep thought in the matter over Iraq.. while i don’t like the fact that our men && woman are going to have to stay overseas for any longer, i do agree with this -

“Can the United States afford to gamble that 4 million or more poor and displaced people, in the heart of Middle East, won’t explode in violent desperation, sending the whole region into further disorder?”

she makes a good point.. that would be a reasonable reason to actually remain in Iraq..

thanks Jared..

Haters are fugly @ 03/01/2008 at 3:51 am

Nicole richee love her @ 02/29/2008 at 8:19 pm Hi guys that was me -Helen/a and I were having a spat on another site/ thread about NR and Angelina/Brad and I busted her. So I told her I would I would post the stuff she has been posting, on TMZ and Perez, (I think she is the one who has been posting as guli,FL and AG on Perez) on the NR site you are unable to copy it. She posted what I just wrote on a anti-Angelina site, and then answered herself with agreement. So I posted what she wrote and told her I would , and I used her name Helen/a, so you could see what a hater she was, I was hoping she would follow me with a fake name so I could bust her on JJ’s. I should have just posted my- name- then said it was- Helens -comments, especially with all the name stealing, changing trolls on here. I am so sorry, I scre.wed up. I forgot about JJ changing names to original names, I forgot because I was honestly not trying to be dishonest, just got caught up in the heat of the battle with that witch Helena. Sorry guys I’m going to bed, that’s the truth of it.

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Oh yeah and don’t tell me the one “549 Nicole Richie ..” is not you agreeing with your HATE post?? troll/hater you got caught so stop pretending you’re a fan .

I love the exchanging of ideas. We aren’t all going to agree with each other, but discussion of issues is a must

Power hungry media whoarelingua

It is not hard to fly first class to a foreign country, meet with important people, and then write a paper on it,(anyone who has graduated from high school or college has had to do the same type of writing).

What is hard is effecting real change-this is the task that miss angelina is just not up for or even interested in. Her primary efforts focus on establishing relationships with an international contact base consisting primarily of important officials, (this ultimately increases her own power base. It does far less in helping refugees, but what am I saying? They are just “details”).

The phillipino refugees who called on her for support were not important enough to visit. But Iraqi refugees - now that’s HOT! The U.N did not even sanction, need, or was aware of her “cowboy” solo save the Iraqi refugees mission she undertook.

Please make no mistake, miss Angelina is a little too transparent in marketing her own self important persona, (especially now around Oscar time since she knew the press would not be covering an award for her this year.)

I do not think angelina is in any position to dictate if my son should stay in Iraq to support her cause. How nice it must be not to have to deal with all these “details”.

END THE WAR AND SEND IN UN TROOPS!!

blah: why are you telling us here go tell it to Bush,its not angies fault we are in Iraq that was up to Bush…

Everytime we have a war our country always invest money to rebuild, they will do same for iraq.

I love Angie, but I don’t agree with her going over to Iraq. The American government should forbid civilians from going over there.

b @ 03/01/2008 at 12:48 am

you gotta love Angie..

how can you not? && i appreciate her deep thought in the matter over Iraq.. while i don’t like the fact that our men && woman are going to out ou are takingof context. have to stay overseas for any longer, i do agree with this -

“Can the United States afford to gamble that 4 million or more poor and displaced people, in the heart of Middle East, won’t explode in violent desperation, sending the whole region into further disorder?”

she makes a good point.. that would be a reasonable reason to actually remain in Iraq..
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You have taken Angie’s words out of context.

We need to end this war NOW, get the troops home.

The Iraqi’s were taking care of themselves for over 2,000 years, and they did not need Bush/the USinvading and interfering in their country.

Also the US should stop civilians from going into Iraq.

wobbler30 @ 03/01/2008 at 6:08 pm

poster # 566 laydidah
Angie was famous before Brad ever was in the pitcure. She was involved with the UN more she actually does less UN work now that she is involved with Brad. But don’t forget nooone was writing that much about Pitt either until he got involved with Jolie. Both are more fascinating to people since they got together. He he getting more acclaim now and Time Mag even had the nerve to put him on the cover as one of the greatest humanitarians, and he hasn’t spent one day in the field. So she has boosted his ratings as one can say.

575 blah @ 03/01/2008 at 1:56 pm
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Are you are ‘Cheryl55′ from the Washington Post comments section or did you bring her post here?

581 wobbler30 @ 03/01/2008 at 6:08 pm poster
# 566 laydidah

Angie was famous before Brad ever was in the picture. She was involved with the UN more. She actually does less UN work now that she is involved with Brad. But don’t forget nooone was writing that much about Pitt either until he got involved with Jolie. Both are more fascinating to people since they got together. He is getting more acclaim now and Time Mag even had the nerve to put him on the cover as one of the greatest humanitarians, and he hasn’t spent one day in the field. So she has boosted his ratings as one can say.
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Definitely! Together they’re even more attractive and more interesting than before they hooked up, especially after AJ made BP a father, and then after Shiloh’s birth.

582 Orchid @ 03/02/2008 at 11:24 pm 575 blah @ 03/01/2008 at 1:56 pm
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Are you ‘Cheryl55′ from the Washington Post comments section or did you bring her post here?

angelina neocon @ 03/03/2008 at 5:21 am

Angelina Jolie does what mighty men tell her, she promotes war and neocon interersts. Therefore she is being pushed by the media.

Say anything you want, the negative comments will be like water off a duck’s back. This is a forum where the shadows of those comment writers projecting so clearly. They do not contain peace, love and compassion inside them.
It’s your choice, entirely, to see the glass half-full or half-empty. US should be proud of her, she walks the talk (do politicians?), she’s got true grits and she is intelligent as well as eloquent.
Angie is doing a great job for the voiceless and underdogs in this world. God bless her and her family! May her work never weary her!

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/02/28/brad-pitt-tree-of-life/comment-page-15/#comments
YO, YO , YO, YO and YO
Tired of fighting off hens and tab interns? Tired of seeing Lamebaugh’s mug next to the beauty of the Jolie? Then browse on over to the Papa Pitt’s Tree of life thread and read legitimate news about the Jolie-Pitts. There are some interesting news items. Why you ask? Because Papa Pitt new hair cut is sexy in a geeky hunk kind of way. I just love looking at the pictures. Peace to all and make it a MIR day.

i have an idea. if she wants american soldiers to stay in iraq and get blown up and little children never seeing their parents again why doesn’t she strap a set of granades to her,brad and maddox and they could go fight this war. she is just like bush sending people to fight while she does nothing to help. put her and bush in a set of army suits and let them go fight.

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