Angelina Jolie: Stay in Iraq
Angelina Jolie: Stay in Iraq
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Angelina Jolie: Stay in Iraq
Posted: 2/29/08 at 9:33am
What we cannot afford, in my view, is to squander the progress that has been made.
As for the question of whether the surge is working, I can only state what I witnessed: U.N. staff and those of non-governmental organizations seem to feel they have the right set of circumstances to attempt to scale up their programs. And when I asked the troops if they wanted to go home as soon as possible, they said that they miss home but feel invested in Iraq. They have lost many friends and want to be a part of the humanitarian progress they now feel is possible.
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If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#2re: Angelina Jolie: Stay in Iraq
Posted: 2/29/08 at 9:36amYes, and we all know that we should always take the advice of actors on international events.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#2re: Angelina Jolie: Stay in Iraq
Posted: 2/29/08 at 9:39amso Goth, why haven't you joined up to defend your country?
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#3re: Angelina Jolie: Stay in Iraq
Posted: 2/29/08 at 9:46am
"so Goth, why haven't you joined up to defend your country?"
I'm passed the age that they will accept.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#4re: Angelina Jolie: Stay in Iraq
Posted: 2/29/08 at 9:47amA friend of mine, a nationally syndicated columnist, recently returned from Iraq with the same observations as Jolie. Surprised the hell out of him. I've been goading him about about going public with his (so far) private change of view. I sent him the link this morning. Maybe he was Angelina's ghostwriter....
#5re: Angelina Jolie: Stay in Iraq
Posted: 2/29/08 at 9:51am
"President Bush made it clear one year ago that the influx of troops was intended to incubate political progress. “A successful strategy for Iraq goes beyond military operations,” he said. “America will hold the Iraqi government to the benchmarks it has announced.” These 18 benchmarks included performing constitutional review, holding provincial elections, disarming militias, and implementing oil revenue legislation.
Virtually none of these benchmarks have been achieved during the potentially brief downturn in violence over the past year. Those that have been achieved do not begin to add up to anything resembling a successful government: “Iraq’s government is at a stalemate,” Mowaffak al Rubaie, Iraqi National Security Advisor, told the Washington Post last month."
Think Again: The Surge Goes On Forever (and the Spinning Never Ends)
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
nygrl23
Broadway Star Joined: 4/18/07
#6re: Angelina Jolie: Stay in Iraq
Posted: 2/29/08 at 9:54amIt's one thing to stay in Iraq for humanitarian purposes, it's another to stay to continue military efforts. All Americans know is that their pockets are being drained for a misguided war.
#7angelina says stay in iraq or i'll make out with my brother again
Posted: 3/1/08 at 10:27pm
all americans also know that only morons make generalizations like that.
yep, that angelina's done absolutely nothing on the world stage whatsoever and hasn't the foreign policy credentials of say, george clooney.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#8angelina says stay in iraq or i'll make out with my brother again
Posted: 3/2/08 at 2:21pmLet's be honest, any success in Iraq is clearly Hilary Clinton's doing. Thank you, Ms C.
#9angelina says stay in iraq or i'll make out with my brother again
Posted: 3/5/08 at 11:27pm
Sure, things in Iraq are progressing just fine
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
nygrl23
Broadway Star Joined: 4/18/07
#10angelina says stay in iraq or i'll make out with my brother again
Posted: 3/6/08 at 1:44am
Papa, my dear old fish, go and boil your head!
(what book is that from?)
#11Double Bombing in Baghdad: 53 killed, 125 wounded
Posted: 3/7/08 at 2:29am
"Fifty-three people were killed and 125 were wounded in two bomb attacks Thursday evening in a Baghdad commercial district, an Interior Ministry official said. A roadside bomb exploded first, around 7 p.m., in the central Baghdad district of Karrada, killing and wounding a number of people, the Interior Ministry official said.
As others gathered to help the wounded, a suicide bomber amid the crowd detonated an explosive vest, killing and wounding many more, the official said. The majority of causalities occurred during the second attack, the official said."
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#12Double Bombing in Baghdad: 53 killed, 125 wounded
Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:39pm
"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up among U.S. soldiers in central Baghdad on Monday, killing five and wounding three in the worst single attack on U.S. forces in the Iraqi capital in nearly a year.
The U.S. military said in a statement that the blast, which also wounded an Iraqi interpreter, hit the soldiers while they were on foot patrol. Iraqi police said at least nine Iraqis were wounded.
The military blamed the attack on a suicide bomber. Police, citing witness accounts, said the soldiers had been walking in a main street in the upscale Mansour district when a man wearing an explosives vest walked up to them and blew himself up.
The attack was a reminder that while violence is sharply down in the capital since thousands of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers set up patrol bases in neighbourhoods to curb sectarian violence, it is still far from safe."
Suicide bomber kills 5 U.S. soldiers in Iraq
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#13Double Bombing in Baghdad: 53 killed, 125 wounded
Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:44pmThe book is Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
#14Double Bombing in Baghdad: 53 killed, 125 wounded
Posted: 3/17/08 at 1:51pm
"The violence came as Vice President Dick Cheney and Arizona Sen. John McCain made overlapping visits to the capital, touting recent security gains and promising to uphold a long-term military commitment to the country so long as al-Qaida in Iraq is not defeated.
Explosions also struck earlier Monday not far from Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, shortly after Cheney arrived. Helicopter gunships circled central Baghdad, but no other details were immediately available on the cause of the explosions."
Bomb Kills 39 in Iraqi City of Karbala
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
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