OlderAngelina 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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SIMPLY an amazing human being…NOTHING or NO ONE compares to her beautiful and caring soul.
Good day everyone!
eat steak, how did you get controlling ***** out of the article? If it was a man doing all she does would you say the same thing? stfu already!
Wow, this thread brought out a lot of heated discussion.
It will be another thread with 1000 posts before we know it!
It is so funny that all these naysayers have all these opinions and comments about Angelina, expecting her to provide solutions, yet they do not demand the same from the president and the other politicians who got us into the mess that is Iraq in the first place.
…”It seems to me that now is the moment to address the humanitarian side of this situation. Without the right support, we could miss an opportunity to do some of the good we always stated we intended to do”
is RIDICULOUS.
the U.S. never invaded, nor does it currently occupy, Iraq because of any intention to do “good” (OR rid Iraq of nuclear weapons, OR rid Iraq of Hussein, OR promote democracy in Iraq). The U.S. did it for greed (oil) and power (to control the oil and hence, have some control over the Middle East). No one cares–not the U.S. OR the current Iraqi goverment–about displaced Iraqi’s. This has been an issue for several years and she’s just now jumping on the bandwagon.
THANK YOU ANGELINA JOLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!….Angie did her job well, now even the trolls know about refugees and issues related to internally displaced people…tsik..tsk tsk…
Look Angie doesn’t need to find solution for anything, her job is to presents the problems and may be help put a little pressure to those in powers ( politicians, presidents, prime minister..etc..) to do something about it.
BIG thanks to JJ for new thread!
ARGGGHHHHH——————-a bit much I know.
But this is really getting on my nerves. It´s a good thing she does.(of course)
But please, for the love of god, just pick one profession- actress or ambassador.
It just gets on my nerves when “actors” want to tell other peole what to do- considering the fact that they HAVE the money to be generous.
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Damned America has started this war!
Oooh another thread. This is cool. Angelina is just keeping it moving. She’s doing what she always has been doing. Good article.
US Military personnel have ‘DAY JOBS and SPECIALTIES’ when they aren’t at war…They are engineers, electricians, communication and cable installers, building contructors, and thousands of skills etc., apt and competent to put back and enhance what’s been destroyed…Some of the money being used currently for the war can be reallocated for the reconstruction and direct aid (food, medical, clothing, travel) to the displaced…It can be done.
I don’t think that she is overstepping her role.
How is she overstepping her role?
She is bringing AWARENESS.
YVONNE @ 02/28/2008 at 2:54 pm
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YVONNE, YOU are Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo STUPID and an idiot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My problem is that she tries to overstep her role. Ok her role is to bring awareness and not to set foreign policy or be a diplomat..she is a pr person for the UN. Why is she such a controllign btch?
I COMPLETELY AGREE.
As far as sticking her nose into other business. She IS doing her job. She is a Goodwill Ambassador, she is doing her job just like others - men, women (yep and even some of them pregnant) do everyday. I respect that
As far as how she protects her fetus. Lets care for all fetuses. I am sure there are many pregnant women over there now in the conditions the way they are. Do something to help them. Otherwise why “pretend” to care about Angelina’s fetus
Oh and the missing sentence above is “It´s good that she wants to help people.—–
I read your posts, you’re beeing RATIONAL, thing that most of the people here can be.
AGREE 100%
I completely agree with her view. You can’t just givce speaches about helping the ‘opressed’ people and making them free while all you do is destroy them. back up you words with action. Jolie rocks
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/// @ 02/28/2008 at 3:44 pm It is so funny that all these naysayers have all these opinions and comments about Angelina, expecting her to provide solutions, yet they do not demand the same from the president and the other politicians who got us into the mess that is Iraq in the first place.
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Thank you!
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20180968,00.html
Angelina Jolie Calls for Humanitarian Aid for Iraq
Originally posted Thursday February 28, 2008 02:15 PM EST
Angelina Jolie
Photo by: Jon Kopaloff / FilmMagic
Angelina Jolie has penned an op-ed article urging the United States to help Iraqi refugees who have been displaced by the war. In The Washington Post piece titled, “Staying to Help in Iraq,” the actress and goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says American money and troops are key to addressing the humanitarian crisis. Jolie, 32, who recently visited the war-torn country, writes, “What we cannot afford, in my view, is to squander the progress that has been made. In fact, we should step up our financial and material assistance.”
Just to clarify, I am not saying everyone should be worried about pregnant women in Iraq, we all have our own causes. But, if you are going to post as if you are truly concerned about a fetus/child in Iraq, hey don’t be selective. Do something to help those fetuses/children/babies in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war zones.
Let’s not just use it as a way to criticize one person we don’t like. Be genuine.
Yeah it’s all about being rational and not trying to be a PSUEDO DIPLOMAT or get an EGO BoOST from meeting with heads of state.
Thank you for reading my posts. this is common sense and not bashing anyone.
Geez…don’t read the Wash Post comments. Some people have incredibly bad reading skills. Or else maybe I just missed the part where Angie said she supported the war and we should stay there forever more….
Clooney will never be as cool as Jolie.
I love Angie.
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