The "W" administration ignored the intelligence reports and parlayed the attack into an illegal and immoral war in Iraq.
Saudi Arabia is not responsible for the incompetency of the "W" administration and it's subsequent corruption.
When there is a threat to the USA the President is suppose to act to protect the country. "W" didn't.
The lawsuit to take rights away from Saudi Arabia is a political stunt and nothing more.
September 23, 2016
By David Welna
President Obama (click here) made good today on earlier threats by vetoing legislation passed unanimously by the House and Senate. The rejected bill would waive sovereign immunity protections for Saudi Arabia and allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks or their relatives to sue the Saudi government for allegedly helping at least some of the 19 hijackers who carried out those attacks. Fifteen of the attackers were Saudi nationals.
The veto, the 12th of Obama's presidency, sets the stage for likely showdown votes next week in both the House and Senate. If two-thirds majorities of each chamber vote to override the president's veto, it will be the first time that's happened during Obama's nearly eight years in office.
It's a strange turn of events for a president who is widely seen by congressional Republicans as an unreliable ally of Saudi Arabia — and for a GOP-led Congress that is more typically a dependable supporter of that kingdom.
This time Obama is siding with the Saudis, who vehemently oppose the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, or JASTA. The Saudis have threatened to dump hundreds of billions of dollars in U.S. assets that could possibly be frozen by any American judge hearing a lawsuit. Lawmakers from both parties have chosen the interests of the Sept. 11 families seeking justice over those of the House of Saud....
Penalizing for the actions of terrorists is a very, very poor policy. The USA should know the threats coming at it from every direction, even allies.
The USA had no right and has no right to hold Saudi Arabia responsible for the actions of terrorists. The world would be at each other's throats if a country was held responsible for terrorists that had citizenship. That is crazy.
Americans don't stop to realize how many Americans have joined al Qaeda or Daesh? There is no way a country can control every aspect of behavior of it's citizens. In the case of the USA, citizens can only be held responsible after they have committed a crime or were about to execute a plan that is a crime, not before.
This is a ridiculous bill that was passed. It makes no sense. It allows to much wiggle room to declare war in the future.
Have Americans gone mad? The country is suppose to protect them. It doesn't matter the source or the attack, the country is suppose to protect citizens.
