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In reply to the discussion: Obama to Veto Bill Allowing 9/11 Lawsuits Against Saudi Arabia [View all]Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)13. Yet Obama has no problem with lawsuits against Iran for the same thing
He shouldn't be a hypocrite, if he's going to allow Iran to be sued in the name of "justice" then he should allow the victims of Saudi funded terrorism to seek the same "justice"
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And when Trump wins thanks to this misguided veto, with GOP majorities in the House and Senate,
forest444
Sep 2016
#20
If the lobbyists wanted the bill to fail, it wouldn't have passed overwhelmingly
democrattotheend
Sep 2016
#33
He needs to understand the impact of 2 747's into the sides of buildings, funded and manned by Sauds
grahamhgreen
Sep 2016
#10
Just because some involved were citizens of that nation does not mean the nation is at fault.
cstanleytech
Sep 2016
#15
No, this law would let the people sue the Saudi government regardless and thats why it needs to be
cstanleytech
Sep 2016
#30
He does. However he's takes the long view on how it would impact Americans
underthematrix
Sep 2016
#17
This administration has unintended us into 8 more years in Iraq. We know Iraq was innocent in 9-11,
grahamhgreen
Sep 2016
#40
"Such lawsuits" would enable them to grab Saudi assets held in American banks (to answer treestar)
ColemanMaskell
Sep 2016
#42
Asinine, embarrassing bill. It should have never been sent to the Presidents' desk.
Auggie
Sep 2016
#12
Except the Iranian government was providing aid back then and thus is culpable but in this case
cstanleytech
Sep 2016
#19
So your expecting Saudi Arabia to prove it had nothing to do with it? Its not up to them to prove
cstanleytech
Sep 2016
#32
Innocent until proven guilty is for criminal cases. Preponderance of evidence for civil cases.
ColemanMaskell
Sep 2016
#43
I totally agree. The President is almost always several moves ahead when it comes to complicated
truthisfreedom
Sep 2016
#26
well, that's what being a rogue state with a history of war crimes should result in
stupidicus
Sep 2016
#25