It’s never pretty when celebrities show an interest in politics, is it? The gap between acting in a film about a magic car and quelling global conflicts is insurmountably huge – well, unless you’re Lindsay Lohan.

Because Lindsay Lohan isn’t the staggeringly self-regarding party girl that you think she is. In reality, Lindsay Lohan is a woman who feels the pain of the world and reacts to it with the calm vision of a global statesman. Or, in other words, Lindsay Lohan feels like going and singing some songs at the soldiers in Iraq. And if she gets to shoot a couple of Iraqis while she’s at it, more the better.