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Thought you might like this article located here: https://right-thoughts.us/index.php/weblog/comments/angelina_jolie_says_stay_in_iraq/ Angelina Jolie says stay in Iraq? Interesting.  Especially this part: 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. 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. She spends a large portion of her time on these kinds of humanitarian projects.  I mean, not just lip service, she actually does things, goes places and gathers information before she speaks.  She just came back from her second trip to Iraq in six months, having met with Petraeus and Maliki, among others.  Her chief concern at this point is the return of Iraqi refugees from other countries.  She’s dead on as far as I can see. Read the whole thing.  Jolie is not exactly who you’d expect to be advocating this position, and she makes some sound arguments based in both humanitarian terms and in terms of security.  Maybe some of the clowns running under a (D) banner will take note.  For that matter, most of the clowns with (R) after their name could use a reminder as well.