Summary: Congress passed a law that lets 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia for their ties with the terrorist attacks on September 11th. President Obama vetoed the bill, but it was overwhelmingly overrode by congress. 2 days after the passing of the law, Stephanie DeSimone sued Saudi Arabia for her Husbands death in the attacks. Many are concerned that this law could be used to sue America for the damages they made in the Syrian Crisis.
Analysis: The saying goes "When you point a finger at someone, 3 are pointing back," and it could not be more apparent with the passing of this law. Now that we allowed the victims of 9/11 to sue Saudi Arabia for their help in the attacks, we have now opened up America to being sued by other victims of American ISIS cleansing attacks. In recent times, we have killed many civilians in trying to take out ISIS, so we are deserving of these forthcoming lawsuits; it's our fault that we kill so many innocent people, so why can't we have some kind of punishment? And after the law was passed, many lawmakers said that they realized that the law could become a problem and that they didn't pay close enough attention to it- Too flipping late to say any thing, its a law now! This uncertainty in our political branch can be sorta traced back to the uncertainties of the Articles of Confederation. While it wasn't dealing with the same problems, they both needed clarity in government and lawmaking-i'm stretching it but you get the point. I think the reason for the passing of this law and the not paying close attention to the law was because the people on Capitol Hill heard 9/11, and overwhelmingly passed it- not a very good practice, but i'm probably wrong. Also, why make this law so far from the attacks, it's been 15 years and Saudi Arabia is relatively on our good side. I don't know, this entire conflict confuses me, maybe they should have listened to Obama's veto, but justice for the victims is also very important. It's kinda hard to pick a side with this.
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