President Obama is said to be vetoing a bill that gives 9/11 terror victims the authority to sue Saudi Arabia. As the 9/11 attacks and their victims are already a topic of much grief, it is easy to see how the bill is a toss-up of opinion, foreign relations, and personal affairs. This article, written by Democrat Allie Malloy (White House video producer and reporter for President Obama), shares an unbiased and informative account of the bill's whereabouts. After seeing this bill as a threat to diplomatic relations, Obama refused to sign it when it first passed the Senate this May. Some refute the president's decision, saying that it "is not an effective, forceful way for us to respond to terrorism". But that leaves us thinking, is force always the most effective way to react to terrorism? Many do not agree with Obama's veto, and lawmakers are expected to attempt to override it. If this were to happen, it would be the first occurrence of a veto in Obama's eight years in office.
The occurrence of a vetoed bill is very common in Legislature. Another notable veto in recent history was that Nixon's Universal Childcare Veto in 1971.This bill was aimed to benefit the American family but was struck down by Nixon quite controversially. Although their subject matter isn't closely tied, these bills play an important role in the lives of many American homes--both past and present--and have an air of dispute surrounding them.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/12/politics/obama-9-11-victims-bill/index.html
I agree with him, that suing a country for the acts of some of its' people is unfair and will not help the situation. While the things that are happening are horrible, we need to find a better way to handle it than with this bill.
ReplyDelete9/11 was an attack carried out by one terrorist group and not the entirety Saudi Arabia. I agree with him, suing the country is not going to help.
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To me this bill is crazy because suing Saudi Arabia isn't going to solve any problems. Plus it is not fair to punish the whole country for the acts of a terrorist group.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this bill being passed would impact America immensely. I don't think it would be right for victims to be allowed to sue Saudi Arabia because the country can't be responsible for what a few terrorists did.
ReplyDeleteI believe we can't fight fire with fire. It's time to put these horrible events in the past and try to move forward in a peaceful manner. So I disagree with Obama vetoing the 9/11 bill.
ReplyDeleteThis bill is absolutely dumb, why should innocent Saudi Arabia citizens have to deal with the fall out of a terrorist organization that doesn't even relate to them.
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