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I have the same feeling about this law as I have about Donald Trump. Even though you know it's bad, there's a teensy-weensy part of you that likes the fact that

I have the same feeling about this law as I have about Donald Trump. Even though you know it's bad, there's a teensy-weensy part of you that likes the fact that it's sticking it to Saudi Arabia and the political class that's trying to defend Saudi Arabia even though it's pretty clear those shitbags are pretty much behind 911. Also there's a part of me that thinks maybe it would be a good thing if there was more at stake when we blow up wedding parties with robotic death machines and the like. Buying the president's defense is a lot like buying Hillary's defense of NAFTA. Maybe that plays well to policy wonks, but regular people aren't buying it and don't appreciate politicians trying to tell us white is black in the name of "American interests" or "national security."

PietdeVries 10y ago
Good that you mention the blowing up of wedding parties by US drones - because by the same law that allows Americans to sue the Saudi's, any victim can now sue the US for damages because of these (often quite uncontrolled) drone attacks. And not only future drone attacks - also any victim of US armed forces since 2001, as the law goes back in time. So: you got hurt by an American in the past 15 years? Feel free to sue the US...
- alistproducer2 10y ago
  And why shouldn't families of innocent people killed by our robotic death machines be exempt from having a day in court? Oh yeah, because our government said we had good intentions when we blew up those children so it's all good. What really matter is that we didn't mean to kill those people, right?
- larsiusprime 10y ago
  Seems reasonable to me. The government should be held accountable for those atrocities.
2AF3 10y ago
"There was such a terrible loss of life that day we decided to pull it" "We were there to document the event" Discovering who [we] is is an exercise left to the reader
ucy 10y ago
The US Government staged coups, dictatorships, and supported warlords, druglords, torturers, slavers and tyrants all over the third world over the last 80 years or so, all under that "American interests" and "national security" bravado. Maybe there's shitbags behind those shitbags, and it's shitbags all the way down.

PietdeVries 10y ago

Good that you mention the blowing up of wedding parties by US drones - because by the same law that allows Americans to sue the Saudi's, any victim can now sue the US for damages because of these (often quite uncontrolled) drone attacks. And not only future drone attacks - also any victim of US armed forces since 2001, as the law goes back in time. So: you got hurt by an American in the past 15 years? Feel free to sue the US...

alistproducer2 10y ago
And why shouldn't families of innocent people killed by our robotic death machines be exempt from having a day in court? Oh yeah, because our government said we had good intentions when we blew up those children so it's all good. What really matter is that we didn't mean to kill those people, right?
larsiusprime 10y ago
Seems reasonable to me. The government should be held accountable for those atrocities.

2AF3 10y ago

"There was such a terrible loss of life that day we decided to pull it" "We were there to document the event" Discovering who [we] is is an exercise left to the reader

ucy 10y ago

The US Government staged coups, dictatorships, and supported warlords, druglords, torturers, slavers and tyrants all over the third world over the last 80 years or so, all under that "American interests" and "national security" bravado. Maybe there's shitbags behind those shitbags, and it's shitbags all the way down.