mralwaysrite
Estevan, SK
55, joined Feb. 2014
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EXCLUSIVE: Wife of 9/11 Victim Pens Letter to Donald Trump Urging Strength During Saudi Visit
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia this weekend, the national chair of the 9/11 Families & Survivors United for Justice Against Terrorism advocacy group wrote a letter to the leader of the free world. The letter urges him not to buckle under pressure from Saudi Arabia and potentially weaken a provision in a law that would allow the families of victims of America’s most devastating terrorist attack to sue countries involved in carrying out terrorism.......
Letter request Trump to;
"As you know, Saudi Arabia is a defendant in our lawsuit because of the involvement of its
agents in supporting the 9/11 hijackers, and for support that flowed to al Qaeda from proselytizing institutions that the Saudis established and funded to spread a radical form of Islam that lies at the root of al Qaeda. The Saudis continue to refuse to accept accountability for their actions and the injury they have caused.
Given the above, and with great respect for the difficult job you have managing U.S. foreign policy, especially in the Middle East, we have two requests relating to your visit to Saudi Arabia next week:
First, we fully expect that the Saudis will try to convince you to betray the 9/11 families.
They will not put it that way, but will instead argue that JASTA should be “fixed” or “modified” to eliminate “unintended consequences.”
Please do not let them get away with this dishonest approach.
The Saudis do not want to “fix” JASTA; they want you and Congress to pass a new law
that arms them with a special defense against our lawsuits. This is the same false claim that Senators
John McCain and Lindsey Graham have made—after voting for JASTA in September and
betraying the 9/11 families just days after the November election. Would you please make it very clear to the Saudis that you will never support any weakening of the 9/11 families’ legal rights?
Second, the Saudis need to hear directly from you that Americans do not appreciate being
manipulated by propaganda and fake news peddled by foreign agents. Just this week, the
Associated Press reported on how the Saudis are engaged in a $1.3 million-per-month campaign to manipulate the public, deceive our military veterans, and fool Congress into weakening JASTA. That news story has been carried throughout the world, and was picked up in the U.S. by outlets as varied as Breitbart, Fox News, Bloomberg, ABC News, and even the Daily Beast,
We are sure you especially share our outrage that the Saudi agents are lying to our nation’s veteran community. Would you please tell the Saudi Kingdom that
this deceitful campaign must stop?
In the 15 years since the September 11 Attacks, we have learned a great deal about the role that the Saudis played in supporting al Qaeda and in aiding the hijackers. We are confident that the judicial process will lead to exposure of more information that will demonstrate Saudi wrongdoing, and we appreciate that, with your support, JASTA was able to become law so that these facts can be exposed. We are grateful to have you on our side."
Sincerely
Terry Strada
National Chair
9/11 Families & Survivors United for Justice Against Terrorism
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/20/exclusive-wife-911-victim-pens-letter-trump-urging-strength-saudi-visit/
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61falcon
New Hope, PA
76, joined Feb. 2008
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Both Bush and Obama vetoed JASTA, despite it getting overwhelming support in the congress.I assume it is because it would open us up to private lawsuits, for every air or drone or military operation, where we have killed civilians in countries where we have not formally declared war.I do not know why with such overwhelming bipartisan support, they have not overridden the presidential veto.
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61falcon
New Hope, PA
76, joined Feb. 2008
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My MISTAKE congress did override Obamas veto of JASTA on September 28,2016.
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61falcon
New Hope, PA
76, joined Feb. 2008
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Congress overrode Obamas veto 97-1 in the Senate and 348-77 in the house on the28th.The following day Mitch McConnell in a speech to the congress said basically that they should not have passed the billaswritten, and it was Obamas fault because he didn't explain it properly to them??This despite the fact that it was written by the Senate???The DUMB leading the STUPID!!!
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