Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump played politics on Obama's veto of the 9/11 bill which would have allowed the families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia.
Hillary Clinton said that if she were president, she would sign it. Donald Trump called Obama's action, "shameful." Both opinions were not well thought out.
Obama's reasoning for vetoing the bill was that the legislation "undermines core United States interests upending the normal means by which the government singles out foreign nations as state sponsors of terrorism and opening U.S. officials and military personnel to legal jeopardy."
It would open a can of worms where anyone's relatives who had a family member killed by U.S. soldiers in the line of duty, could/would end up suing us and win.
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Yes Lynn, and I agree with you. Too many lawyers with nothing to do. The whole idea is patently absurd. Suppose Pakistan decides to sue the US for all of the unintended consequences of drone strikes. While it is not possible to enter the heart and mind of another person, we all have compassion for the victims and a horror of 9/11. However, no matter what the tragedy, life moves on, and the idea that some people refuse to move on, should not interfere with international politics, which are vital to all of our self-interests.
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