NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 21: Mia Khalifa attends the Inaugural Global South Renaissance Gala hosted by Slow Factory at Universalist Church on September 21, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)
Mia Khalifa has warned U.S. soldiers against fighting in others’ wars on foreign soil, saying the United States does not care about their fate, whether they live, die or develop PTSD.
In a mocking video posted to her X account, former adult film actress Khalifa, whose real name is Sarah Joe Chamoun, appeared to respond to recent reports of U.S. troops deploying to the Middle East to protect Israel. However, she stopped short of saying this explicitly.
“Good morning to everybody who is not in the U.S. military”, she says at the start of the video, offering a sharp critique of its treatment of soldiers, particularly once they return from war.
She went on to challenge the motivations behind fighting in foreign wars, saying, “I hope you go over there and get your little brain all scrambled up with PTSD and then come back here and see how much the United States cares about you, pookie.” Highlighting the struggles veterans face, she mocked the inadequate support systems in place, sarcastically adding, “Let’s see how much the VA cares about you. They’re going to tell you to do breathing exercises because the U.S. government doesn’t give a f*** about you.”
“[Let’s] see how much they care about you with ‘I’m so sad I piss my pants every time I see a falafel stand in Manhattan”, she added.
Mia Khalifa is a Lebanese-American former adult film actress turned activist and social media influencer.
She has been expressing strong views on her social media accounts in support of the Palestinian people during Israel’s war on Gaza, and now Israel’s brutal war on her homeland Lebanon.
In October, US adult entertainment enterprise Playboy announced it had cut ties with Mia Khalifa for statements she made after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel.
In a recent interview with The New York Times, Khalifa defender her comments, and described herself as ‘anti-Zionist’.
Talking about the photos emerging from 7 October, she told the NYT: “I had said that was because there was a scene that was really poetic and symbolic and beautiful. There was this one scene where a fence was being broken down, and it was civilians, it was children — it felt like the Berlin Wall coming down. That’s what the scene looked like. And that’s why I said “freedom fighters,” because every Palestinian who still has the will to live is a freedom fighter”.
Israel has killed over 40,000 people in Gaza and 2500 people in Lebanon since 7 October, most of whom civilians.
