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Obama Vetoes 9/11 Bill, Defends Saudi Arabia from Lawsuits - Breitbart does this really suprise anyone??? obama hates america...everything he does is geared to cripple, hinder or tear down the country... he's an anti-American muslim!!! he wasn't born in America...he was born in Kenya!!!! this guy needs to be tried for treason and hung .....a Godless lying muslim rat!!!
Obama Vetoes 9/11 Bill, Defends Saudi Arabia from Lawsuits - Breitbart does this really suprise anyone??? obama hates america...everything he does is geared to cripple, hinder or tear down the country... he's an anti-American muslim!!! he wasn't born in America...he was born in Kenya!!!! this guy needs to be tried for treason and hung .....a Godless lying muslim rat!!!
As much as those families deserve money from SA, i think Obama made the right move. It would cause many more problems than it would fix. Its not fair, but the veto is in our best interests, unfortunately.
I think a good alternative would be for the US to pressure SA to give up the money freely.
Sorry, i dont respond to retards, other than to call them retards.As much as those families deserve money from SA, i think Obama made the right move. It would cause many more problems than it would fix. Its not fair, but the veto is in our best interests, unfortunately.
I think a good alternative would be for the US to pressure SA to give up the money freely.
Why do they deserve it from Saudi Arabia? How about from the US govt? I mean, US foreign policy from the end of WW2 led up to 9/11 and the anger of Muslims against the US didn't just appear out of nowhere.
Sorry, i dont respond to retards, other than to call them retards.As much as those families deserve money from SA, i think Obama made the right move. It would cause many more problems than it would fix. Its not fair, but the veto is in our best interests, unfortunately.
I think a good alternative would be for the US to pressure SA to give up the money freely.
Why do they deserve it from Saudi Arabia? How about from the US govt? I mean, US foreign policy from the end of WW2 led up to 9/11 and the anger of Muslims against the US didn't just appear out of nowhere.
As much as those families deserve money from SA, i think Obama made the right move. It would cause many more problems than it would fix. Its not fair, but the veto is in our best interests, unfortunately.
Sorry, i dont respond to retards, other than to call them retards.As much as those families deserve money from SA, i think Obama made the right move. It would cause many more problems than it would fix. Its not fair, but the veto is in our best interests, unfortunately.
I think a good alternative would be for the US to pressure SA to give up the money freely.
Why do they deserve it from Saudi Arabia? How about from the US govt? I mean, US foreign policy from the end of WW2 led up to 9/11 and the anger of Muslims against the US didn't just appear out of nowhere.
Sorry, i dont respond to retards, other than to call them retards.As much as those families deserve money from SA, i think Obama made the right move. It would cause many more problems than it would fix. Its not fair, but the veto is in our best interests, unfortunately.
I think a good alternative would be for the US to pressure SA to give up the money freely.
Why do they deserve it from Saudi Arabia? How about from the US govt? I mean, US foreign policy from the end of WW2 led up to 9/11 and the anger of Muslims against the US didn't just appear out of nowhere.
Might as well put you on the ignore list too.
Didn't the US Govt already pay them? I thought the families were given some kind of settlement by the government? I have no idea the amount and it probably wasn't enough but didn't they get one?As much as those families deserve money from SA, i think Obama made the right move. It would cause many more problems than it would fix. Its not fair, but the veto is in our best interests, unfortunately.
I think a good alternative would be for the US to pressure SA to give up the money freely.
Why do they deserve it from Saudi Arabia? How about from the US govt? I mean, US foreign policy from the end of WW2 led up to 9/11 and the anger of Muslims against the US didn't just appear out of nowhere.
Yeah, I wrote a thread in the politics section making the same point.There are sound reasons not to allow private citizens to sue sovereign nations in American lawsuits. The possibility of retaliation is one of them. Imagine the flood of lawsuits if foreign courts allowed their citizens to sue the United States government for its military actions abroad. I don't like President Obama one bit, but this one time, he has made a correct decision.
Ranking Democrats like Scumer and Pelosi are pushing this too, fuckstick.These fucking right wingers. Don't they understand that if this bill passes, American Iraqi's can file lawsuits against this country for killing family members in Iraq????????????? There is no statute of limitations.
No one wants to appear to be against 9/11 victims just before an election. But the GOP didn't have to bring this to the floor.
Didn't the US Govt already pay them? I thought the families were given some kind of settlement by the government? I have no idea the amount and it probably wasn't enough but didn't they get one?As much as those families deserve money from SA, i think Obama made the right move. It would cause many more problems than it would fix. Its not fair, but the veto is in our best interests, unfortunately.
I think a good alternative would be for the US to pressure SA to give up the money freely.
Why do they deserve it from Saudi Arabia? How about from the US govt? I mean, US foreign policy from the end of WW2 led up to 9/11 and the anger of Muslims against the US didn't just appear out of nowhere.
The President is right on this one.These fucking right wingers. Don't they understand that if this bill passes, American Iraqi's can file lawsuits against this country for killing family members in Iraq????????????? There is no statute of limitations.
No one wants to appear to be against 9/11 victims just before an election. But the GOP didn't have to bring this to the floor.
US President Barack Obama on Friday rejected a bill that would have allowed the families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, saying it undermined national security and setting up the possibility Congress might override his veto for the first time in his presidency. Obama’s move escalates the fight over an emotional issue that has overlapped with the campaign debate over terrorism and the Middle East. The bill had sailed through both chambers of the US Congress with bipartisan support, clearing the final hurdle just days before the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
The president said the bill, which does not refer specifically to Saudi Arabia, could backfire by opening up the US government and its officials to lawsuits by anyone accusing the US of supporting terrorism, rightly or wrongly. “I have deep sympathy for the families of the victims of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001,” Obama wrote to the Senate in a veto message about the bill, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). However, “the JASTA would be detrimental to US national interests more broadly,” he said. Congress is determined to try to overturn the veto, which requires a two-thirds vote in the House and Senate. Previous attempts to overturn Obama’s vetoes have all been unsuccessful.
US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, has said an override would pass in the Republican-controlled House. Yet the Senate would be the greater challenge. After furious lobbying to try to peel off supporters, the White House on Friday said it was unclear whether enough had defected to avert an override. With lawmakers eager to return home to campaign, a vote could come early next week. US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office said the Senate would vote “as soon as practicable in this work period.”
US Senator Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s No. 3 Democrat and a traditional Obama ally, came out swinging against Obama, while predicting lawmakers would reverse it “swiftly and soundly.” “The families of the victims of 9/11 deserve their day in court, and justice for those families shouldn’t be thrown overboard because of diplomatic concerns,” Schumer said. A coalition of 9/11 victims’ families said they were “outraged and dismayed.” In a response circulated by their lawyers, the families insisted the bill would deter terrorism, “no matter how much the Saudi lobbying and propaganda machine may argue otherwise.”
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