Stupid people do stupid things. Trying to look tough or “send a message” is not the same as formulating a reasoned response and executing it. The real way to “send a message” would be to stop selling the Saudis weapons for money that we loan them until they clean up their nasty little country and their clergy denounce ISIS (which they won’t because they support it).
Right now the only and most important issue is to bring the Saudi’s involvement to light, to public viewing, so everyone can know who and what they are. Any one can guarantee that this case will drag for years, that there will be countless of unethical lawyers who will sell their souls to get to all that money and defend the culprit. If again by the miracle of election fraud Hillary wins, see how all this vanishes into thin air.
A Saudi lawsuit will most likely accomplish nothing. Before the lawsuit gets off the ground they will sell their holdings in the U.S. and undoubtedly Obama will not try to freeze those assets. So, there will be no compensation and no meaningful discovery process. KSA will just thumb their nose at the court and nothing will be done.
The right answer is arrest and extradite any Saudis culpable, like maybe all of Bush’s buddies he scooted out of the state’s to safety from our courts? Tort only exposes us to more stupidity. Which is interesting that the same Republicans who started this bill are seeking to retract it, now that they got Democrates to foolishly go along with it.
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
curiosity grounded the cat
awgiedawgie Premium Member over 7 years ago
That’s because you always DO the one that gets you in trouble.
OldestandWisest over 7 years ago
Ah, the old Glare of Truth. Working for moms for thousands of years!
busman_49 over 7 years ago
Unfortunately:book smarts ≠ common sense
ED CANTWELL over 7 years ago
Stupid people do stupid things. Trying to look tough or “send a message” is not the same as formulating a reasoned response and executing it. The real way to “send a message” would be to stop selling the Saudis weapons for money that we loan them until they clean up their nasty little country and their clergy denounce ISIS (which they won’t because they support it).
canFunny over 7 years ago
Right now the only and most important issue is to bring the Saudi’s involvement to light, to public viewing, so everyone can know who and what they are. Any one can guarantee that this case will drag for years, that there will be countless of unethical lawyers who will sell their souls to get to all that money and defend the culprit. If again by the miracle of election fraud Hillary wins, see how all this vanishes into thin air.
Happy Two Shoes over 7 years ago
I thought you were for it the other day.
olesmithy over 7 years ago
A Saudi lawsuit will most likely accomplish nothing. Before the lawsuit gets off the ground they will sell their holdings in the U.S. and undoubtedly Obama will not try to freeze those assets. So, there will be no compensation and no meaningful discovery process. KSA will just thumb their nose at the court and nothing will be done.
Dtroutma over 7 years ago
The right answer is arrest and extradite any Saudis culpable, like maybe all of Bush’s buddies he scooted out of the state’s to safety from our courts? Tort only exposes us to more stupidity. Which is interesting that the same Republicans who started this bill are seeking to retract it, now that they got Democrates to foolishly go along with it.