Another victory for the people.

This is probably the most pro-American outcome possible. The alternative would have screwed America - which would've been fair but... America doesn't really believe in fair.

Why would he do that? Surely there is a reason he would pick Saudi citizens and government over American families?

Nuff said.

The US can't allow this to happen. We've done too much bad to too many countries' civilians that if we suddenly allowed those people to sue America we'd go bankrupt. You'd be talking about 10s of thousands of lawsuits. Our foreign policy over the last six decades is such that we won't ever be able to allow our citizens sue other countries for their foreign policy, because we wouldn't survive the reprisal.

are protecting ours.

And sad

Are you willing to let go of vengeance? Revenge? Saving face? Are you willing to let go of the ability to sue an enemy in ally's clothing?

Does suing the bad actors of the Saudi Kingdom take us closer or further away from achieving calm in the region?

What are you willing to sacrifice for peace?

much they've been playing CYA for years and years!! God forbid that "we the people" be informed as to what OUR GOVERNMENT is doing in OUR NAME!

Barney Frank, Chuck Schumer, Barbara Boxer and a very long list of VERY POWERFUL & VERY INFLUENTIAL Democrats are being made to show their REAL colors! Who know how many more names are going to pop up as each day goes by.

It's no wonder this country has lost so much respect for TPTB!

I fully realize that new leadership won't be able to bring instant change & it's going to take quite some time, but THERE COMES A TIME that the people of this country must stop electing the same people over and over and expecting a different outcome! STATUS QUO is no longer an option IMO! And then there's DONALD TRUMP, my God what have we become???? I feel like I'm getting pushed further and further into a corner and waiting for the walls to go up!

I'm so frustrated and I seriously think it's going to get much better UNLESS something changes!

Yes 100% that Schumer is status quo. And yes the quiet way this was done is opposite of democratic and transparent.


But.


The US can't allow this to happen. We've done too much bad to too many countries' civilians that if we suddenly allowed those people to sue America we'd go bankrupt. You'd be talking about 10s of thousands of law suits. Our foreign policy over the last six decades is such that we won't ever be able to allow our citizens sue other countries for their foreign policy, because we wouldn't survive the reprisal.

I DO understand what you're saying, but when will it begin to stop? We've let this grow for so long and our answer to ALL of it is to keep doing it and look the other way!

Are you not aware of how little respect we have in the world now? Other countries are pushing forward with infrastructure, health care and a long, long list of problems while THIS COUNTRY simply starts more WARS!

So we just flip a coin to see what side we want? It does seem that FINALLY we're having so many people being made aware of what's been done in our name and if we KEEP ignoring it what kind of message are we sending?

YES, it's a HUGE CLUSTER F--K, but I have kids and grand kids who have opened their eyes now and ALL the years I've spent trying to get them involved can go down the drain.

But I suppose I can just say fine... I'll be gone in 15 years or so and what's it to me. Then again I can get hit by a hurricane or tornado and be gone tomorrow. What, ME WORRY??? As they've said to me for years now, I need to NOT get involved because it upsets me. Kind off hate to think my many, many years of activism has been a total waste. But, in a way I guess it has been.

Sorry for the rant, just so DONE with trying to make others see. IT IS A LOSING BATTLE, though.

I know alllll to well how little respect America has..

Americans - as a rule - not only do not know US history, they do not want to know US history. Full stop.

The rest of the world doesn't have that option.

And it isn't waiting for the US' permission to make their citizens' lives better.

y father (1913-1990) said to me that when he voted he voted against any incumbent regardless of party. The only time he let party influence him was when there was no incumbent. If there was an incumbent he automatically voted for the other person.

Doesn't make national security sense to disintegrate one of the few, just barely working relationships with a Muslim country in the name of providing what? Closure to the families? my friend Danny went down with Tower 2. His wife and 3 kids received over $5 million in various settlements and initial donations. Emotionally, they carry scars forever. Financially, they have closure.

How much more broken do our relationships with Mid East countries need to be? What's the goal in suing the Saudi Kingdom? The entire planet knows what they did. You don't fix anything by adding more fuel to the fire of hatred and anger.

with the Muslim country that financed and trained the terrorists. We should feel better.

Think it's better to have them as an enemy? Think we should cut ties with them? How 'bout we add them to the list of countries we bomb....? Think that'll get us anywhere?

It's an imperfect world wrought with nefarious players. Can't kill them all. Seems to me we're more likely to influence the behaviors of allies than enemies.