Posted on 08/22/2021 2:05:15 PM PDT by libh8er
Angelina Jolie had sharp words for the United States' ongoing withdrawal from Afghanistan in an op-ed published by Time on Friday.
The 46-year-old Eternals star and activist wrote that the US military was 'appearing to cut and run' amid the Middle Eastern country's turmoil as the Taliban regains control.
She worried that the ongoing chaos could strip away any social progress that had been made for women and young girls in Afghanistan.
She called it a 'betrayal and a failure impossible to fully understand' that the US had given up trying to facilitate a peace agreement between the Taliban and the Afghan government.
The country's ambassador to Tajikistan has accused Ghani of stealing $169 million on his way out of the country, though Ghani insisted that he 'left with just a waistcoat and some clothes' in a video he filmed after his whereabouts became known.
Jolie recounted meeting injured servicemen and women at Ramstein Air Base in Germany and noted 'how proud they felt to be a part of helping the Afghan people gain basic rights and freedoms.'
'After all the bloodshed and effort and sacrifice and time, America seems to have lacked the will to plan this transition in a managed way,' she continued.
'It was never going to be easy or perfect but could have been better, more decent and safer.'
Jolie wrote that she believed 'that we were doing the right thing' and 'that we were fighting in a noble cause,' but it was difficult to continue to believe that as the US left Afghanistan after two decades.
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Don’t blame me...I voted for the capable guy. Trump.
“Angelina Jolie”
Say what we will about her, but she did an OUTSTANDING movie about the killing fields in Cambodia. Unlike the crackheads now running the US, she really does give a crap about innocent civilians.
Ms. Jolie, let me know when you are ashamed of voting for Biden the Destroyer.
Sorry but the only member in that family with brains, and worth a dam is Jon Voight!
She should’ve listened to her father.
I like Angelina Jolie. She is very smart, indepth, not just a pretty face.
And I appreciate her speaking up.
Unlike, who was it, Cher, who tweeted she was so p*ssed, she could tweet? Bubblehead.
And so many other empty-headed actors.
Did she vote for Biden?
I was waiting to see who Hollywood is going to blame for this and they are not blaming Biden. They are blaming the “US”. Now imagine if Trump did it.
Who did she vote for?
Notice how thoroughly her father Jon Voight and also James Woods have been silenced by the technofascists?
I am absolutely certain the sudden cancellation of Ray Donovan was to punish Voight for his very public support of President Trump.
Go out and buy another child, Angie. It’ll make you feel better.
Michael Moore too.
As an american, she should be ashamed of herself.
Biden's withdraw was a for some diabolical purpose.
> She worried that the ongoing chaos could strip away any social progress that had been made for women and young girls in Afghanistan. <
Any? It will ALL be stripped away. 100% of it. Back to the 7th century we go.
I believe that Angelina Jolie truly cares. She’s not just blowing smoke. But she needs to accept that the problem is not the Taliban. The problem is Islam.
Whenever someone like this spouts off I (g)oogle her nude pictures. It helps me put the words in perspective.
A’yep...
when are all those ladies with the pink cat ears hats going to have a protest for girls in Afghanistan?
“Biden the Destroyer”
Sadly, I’m stealing that.
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