Release the redacted 28 pages and let the cards fall where they may. KSA needs to pay the price for funding world terror. And the victims families need to be compensated, the bill for cleanup and rebuilding covered, then there needs to be an additional fine for being complete backward assholes. edit- article http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-warns-ofeconomic-fallout-if-congress-passes-9-11-bill.html?_r=0
"60 MINUTES’: Lawmakers Say Redacted Pages Of 9/11 Report Show Saudi Official Met Hijackers In LA" We call this "chickens coming home to roost". Revenge is best served cold, another appropriate term. http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/04/11/60-minutes-lawmakers-say-redacted-pages-of-911-report-shows-saudi-official-met-hijackers-in-la/
This is a huge story. That it has no traction here, rings a bell. http://nypost.com/2016/04/17/how-us-covered-up-saudi-role-in-911/
Very odd, no discussion regarding this subject here. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/secret-28-pages-9-11-report-under-new-scrutiny-n556831 Just going to ask around how others feel about it.
I'm afraid Obama will never pass this bill. Not because he's intimidated by the Saudi govt. but by the backlash the US may receive. Once US citizens start suing the Saudi govt. what's to stop others from around the world suing the US for say, Iraq, Yugoslavia. Lybia etc. ? A very slippery slope indeed....
It is and it isn't... If a Saudi national is sued in the US will the judgement be enforced by the Saudi court system. Likewise, if a US national is sued in Libya, will the US court system enforce the judgement. Then again, look how long it took Libya to pay up for Lockerbie, etc. http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/31/libya.payment/index.html?iref=topnews
You will receive no argument from me on the matter. I simply see this as a non starter and it will die at Obamas desk.
Media spun up this story just before he left for the meeting. Which side would be more likely to have fanned those flames? I'm hoping it was the Republicans, because it is time KSA pays for its' terror contributions. Could be the Dems, trying to throw a scare into KSA and working it, even though there are no teeth. All bark, no bite. Either way, it is time for 3,000 dead (and their families) to be vindicated.
Lawmakers = politicians or even worse :lawyers, whatever, until the pages are made public, one should believe nothing of what is claimed .Besides, Obama had 8 years to make the pages public ,and he didn't, thus why should he do it now ? The whole story is a witch-hunt against KSA,organized by the Democrats .
what exactly does it mean when they say they will ''sell American assets''? how does that all work? what does it involve? why do they 'have them' and what are the negative impacts on USA? thanks all replies
The Saudis and for that matter the Chinese have bought a lot of US government bonds. If they dumped a lot of them on the market in a short period of time it would drop the price of said bonds which could have at least some short term negative impacts on the US (i.e. raising the effective rate of interest on new bonds). Of course they would also loose money in the sale as well. They also own a lot of stocks and corporate bonds.
Kind of a two edged sword. It gives them a vested interest in seeing our economy do well but also gives them some control over it. Also provides some leverage if they don't abide by international court rulings. That's one reason the Saudi's are threatening to sell it off I suspect. If a successful suite were brought those holdings would be at risk.
It sounds complicated...why would a government allow other countries to buy their bonds - maybe only sell them to your own citizens/ business, or at least to countries we know we can trust.....why give another country the opportunity/tools to throw a hissy fit, then threaten the economy or put pressure on officials/business? Does the US buy Russian or Chinese gov bonds
we've screwed ourselves for years...no one has/had a backbone or cares...but mostly, big business and $ rules
I'm not sure that one can really limit bond sales. Government bonds are sold on an open market. I'm also not sure that it's a bad idea, indeed the reverse is certainly possible.