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Platapus · 09-29-16, 04:51 PM

It is going to be a useless law. It will accomplish nothing other than convincing some citizens to re-elect their member of congress.

If a US citizen sues the government of Saudi Arabia, there is nothing preventing them from just saying, "ah, no."

What exactly will the US government do? We are not going to start a war with Saudi Arabia over a civil lawsuit. They know too many very embarrassing skeletons in various embarrassing closets.

If a foreign citizen decides to sue the US government, there is nothing preventing us from just saying, "ah, no". No country is going to start a war with us over a civil lawsuit.

They can't take the US to the ICJ as we have already said that we will not abide by any ICJ decisions, since 1986. Twice the ICJ has ruled against the US and twice we have given the ICJ the one finger salute.

So this was just a feel good waste of time to get the 911 families to shut up and to allow congress to pretend that they did something.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It is going to be a useless law. It will accomplish nothing other than convincing some citizens to re-elect their member of congress. If a US citizen sues the government of Saudi Arabia, there is nothing preventing them from just saying, "ah, no." What exactly will the US government do? We are not going to start a war with Saudi Arabia over a civil lawsuit. They know too many very embarrassing skeletons in various embarrassing closets. If a foreign citizen decides to sue the US government, there is nothing preventing us from just saying, "ah, no". No country is going to start a war with us over a civil lawsuit. They can't take the US to the ICJ as we have already said that we will not abide by any ICJ decisions, since 1986. Twice the ICJ has ruled against the US and twice we have given the ICJ the one finger salute. So this was just a feel good waste of time to get the 911 families to shut up and to allow congress to pretend that they did something. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.