Oh Angelina I want to ask you something
the movie feels very contemporary the
United States bumps a country to
submission then a radical group moves in
commits atrocities and then you go and
try to help them out
this sadly that has been repeated in
other countries how do you feel as an
American knowing that the results where
the policies of your own government well
I've been I've been working in the
fields and doing my best to help and
connect for over 14 years so it's not
just this administration it's been many
administration's so I don't see it as a
precise yet as when you say as an
American I am as American American what
it means to be American to me and and
the best of what it is to be American to
me is is to be someone who is who is
aware of you know we are in the fact the
melting pot we are supposed to be
appreciative open to all races or
religions all peoples and and and
embrace that unity embrace that coming
together and to be we hope what I was
raised to believe is that we are one of
the countries that try to spread that in
the world spread some form of that would
you know what we believe human rights
decency democracy that's what we're
supposed to do I'd see myself as an
internationalist I don't see myself only
as an American even though I'm proud to
be American I'm an internationalist my
family are people from
little beautiful people from around the
world and that's how we represent
ourselves and I raise my children to
respect all people of all countries and
and not just respect but celebrate them
and want to learn about them and
appreciate diversity and and the
strength in our diversity so I hope that
that I can do my best to try to speak on
these issues but I see the over the
years I've seen the refugee numbers grow
I've seen people displaced become
displaced again I've seen aid numbers
drop I've seen the food that you know we
fought 14 years we're fighting for food
aid percentages to go up I've seen them
drop I've seen you know I've seen it get
worse and worse and worse and I've seen
less diplomacy I've seen less solutions
I see that people know more we see so
much on TV we couldn't we couldn't be
more aware of everything that is
happening in Syria we couldn't be more
aware of everything that is happening in
Yemen we all know it is not like when
the war was in Cambodia and we would get
some pieces of news and something we
know we know and still we hardly act at
all we do we do next to nothing to
really solve and and really help these
these people who are suffering so much
but it's a humanitarian activism
sufficient without political act
no no humanitarian activism we will
never ever it cannot and it cannot be
expected to take the place of this lack
of diplomacy and lack of political
activism it then just becomes aid relief
going in to get constantly going into an
empty hole if you do not have solutions
if the politicians do not make the right
choices if we do not have diplomats
getting in and trying to find and solve
and move and change it just it's just an
endless cycle and it does it will never
ever be enough now the conflict in Syria
shifted from Syria itself to outside
superpowers who are running the show
there you've been active for years now
you're the first one who highlighted the
suffering of the Syrian people how does
that impact your work there I I don't
know if it hasn't always been or at
least for the last few years been
superpowers playing I don't think that's
new but now they are they are actually
there I'm not sure how are you doing
they're actively Syrians are talked to
they say they lost control it's now in
the hands of outsiders I just wonder how
much those outsiders were always having
a hand in the last few years and now is
it completely out of control
aye-aye-aye all I can say is I've met
I've been to Syria I've met Syrian
people I've watched these people suffer
so much but but that's not what people
should be thinking about Syrian people
are really very educated rich culture
smart strong good people and if they are
given the support they will be able to
help their country and they are not
masses of refugees who are needing from
all these people and draining people
they are strong capable good people and
and they need the world to see them that
way and see them not as a burden but see
them as a blessing and know that Syria
as a country the strength Syria being a
strong forward moving country is benefit
to the whole region and to the whole
world and we have to and the more it
breaks apart and the more it's fought
over and the more it separates also Iraq
everywhere the entire region it's it
will affect all of us and I think and I
think something to the film where you
say what happens in Cambodia what
happens in Cambodia yes is it would it
have been possible if we did not have
happening in Vietnam you know all of
these things do affect each other and
the decisions made today will affect 10
years 20 years it will there will be
other Wars that will if even if it
settles now how it settles will either
you know sir will surface it will
surface one way or the other and either
we will build relationships or we will
we will be setting ourselves up for new
new wars and more displacement do you
see hope for it for the end of that
conflict is it is it worse now than when
you started well the average the average
stay in a refugee camp is about 16 years
so I think for me when I see a little
girl cross into Jordan from Syria three
years ago four years ago I know the
reality of how long she may be displaced
I know there's a good chance that that
little girl's gonna grow up and be in
her 20s before she comes back to Syria
again so I know that in my heart it's
hard to be able to see her hopeful face
and one and that she just believes that
she's going to be able to be helped by
the international community and then go
home and I know her reality years ago we
would be able to focus on practical
solutions for people now I think
everybody is in a state of emergency and
just trying to give as much relief or
aid just to keep in some people alive
but but nobody is able to do enough no
one and we can't do enough without
political solutions diplomatic solutions
we can sorry
turned into Syria but it's very it's
very important that you do that