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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSue Saudi for 9/11, and U.S. for all its wars
http://ahtribune.com/opinion/831-saudi-911.htmlBY David Swanson
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry say that allowing family members of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for its complicity in that crime would set a terrible precedent that would open the United States up to lawsuits from abroad.
Wonderful! Let the lawsuits rain down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream!
Suing Saudis over 9/11 will only set a precedent if it succeeds, which is to say if there is evidence of Saudi complicity. We know that there is, according to former Senator Bob Graham and others who have read 28 pages censored from a U.S. Senate report. Pressure is building in Congress both to reveal those 28 pages and to allow lawsuits. And yet another Senate bill gaining support would block further U.S. arming of Saudi Arabia.
The precedent of allowing international victims to sue those complicit in murder would not place you, dear reader, or I at risk of any lawsuits. It would, however, put numerous top U.S. officials and former officials at risk of suits from many corners of the globe, including from the seven nations that President Obama has bragged about bombing: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Libya. It's not as if any of these wars is legal under Kellogg-Briand or the U.N. Charter.
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Sue Saudi for 9/11, and U.S. for all its wars (Original Post)
JEB
Apr 2016
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Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)1. Agree. Hold those personally resposible, not taxpayers,
liable.
Including, of course, Messers Blair & Straw in UK.
killbotfactory
(13,566 posts)2. Yes. Fuck both Saudi and US war criminals.
And every other heads of state who promote mass murder and terrorism to further their nations geopolitical goals.
Fred Drum
(293 posts)3. 911 has been solved
leave the guilty alone