Angelina Jolie wrote an op-ed piece for the Washington Post this week stating her belief that the United States is morally obligated to maintain its presence in war-torn Iraq. Us Weekly obtained an excerpt from the article:

“My visit [to Iraq] 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. 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?”

I have a tremendous amount of respect for Angelina Jolie. While stupid twats like Lindsay and Paris spend their free time and dollars driving drunk and getting mystic tans, Angelina spends millions on behalf of displaced women and children in third world countries. That said, I’m afraid “exploding into violent desperation” is the only thing the Middle East has been good at for the last thousand years, and no amount of American presence is going to change that. Even the relief packages passed out by the soldiers seem to aggravate when they are meant to help. “I see you have brought us medicines and food. But where are the rusty nails for our pipe bombs? Are we expected to flog the victims of rape with these “penicillins” and “freeze-dried carrots?” Surely there is an automatic weapon here for my child!” You’d be better off covered in honey and picnic baskets inside a Yellowstone cave than trying to talk peace into Middle East.

Angie in Baghdad’s “Green Zone” earlier this month:

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