Jessica Alba Was Right ... We Were Wrong

Jessica Alba Jessica Alba is fuming at TMZ for calling her dumb when she called Sweden a "neutral" country last week ... even though it currently has troops in Afghanistan.

She is absolutely correct. Sweden was a neutral country ... 60 years ago.

Even though she was engaged in a debate about the current political situation in America when she advised a reporter to "Be Sweden ... be neutral" -- Alba is swinging back at critics, like TMZ, on her blog saying, "It's so sad to me that you think the only neutral country during WWII was Switzerland."

She is absolutely correct -- when the Nazis were waging war on anyone who opposed Hitler's evil rule, Sweden remained neutral and stayed out of the war. After the war, Winston Churchill referred to Sweden as "that small, coward country."

We apologize for not considering the political climate of the world in 1942 when we suggested she may have meant, "Be Switzerland" -- a country that is currently neutral.

Our sincerest apologies.



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616. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!
You americans show once again that you have no knowledge of whats going on outside your own country.
sweden was neutral during WW2 and SWEDEN certainly does not have any troops in afghanistan. I Would tell you to read your history books but i'm assuming it has no information in there concerning anything else but North America.

Stop critisizing her when you clearly know nothing about the subject.

I hope you know that coming from the US is nothing to be proud of.
YES fellow americans big surprise that there are countries that actually dont encourage wars, well how about that!

Posted at 4:31AM on Mar 12th 2009 by Mia

617. Imagine someone who could only get a job at a gossip rag doing stories on botox and butt lifts commenting on someone's intelligence. That's true intellectual journalistic talent right there. The political gig must have felt like you were taking your SATs all over again. Kudos on spelling Sweden & Switzerland correctly.

Posted at 4:25PM on Apr 17th 2009 by Lexx

618. Alba is right and TMZ and all the O'Reilly fans are still wrong. Sweden is still neutral. Sweden sends peacekeepers, but it doesn't take sides. TMZ/O'Reilly can't claim that sending peacekeepers makes you a non-neutral, because that would make Switzerland non-neutral as well.

Posted at 4:28PM on Apr 21st 2009 by spoon

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