Poursuivre l'Arabie saoudite? Pas si vite! (éditorial Washington Post)

On s'attend à ce que le Président Obama appose son véto à cette loi du Congrès qui permettrait aux familles des victimes des attaques du 11 septembre 2001 et le Washington Post émet ce matin de sérieuses réserves sur le bien-fondé de la loi du Congrès.

 "In short, to the extent the revised bill isn’t merely symbolic, it’s mischievous. Mr. Obama has repeatedly called it a precedent other countries could easily turn against the United States. It is not a far-fetched concern, given this country’s global use of intelligence agents, Special Operations forces and drones, all of which could be construed as state-sponsored “terrorism” when convenient. Even if a future administration did succeed in blocking a lawsuit, the mere filing of it could irritate the target country or countries. Members of Congress have repeatedly claimed enough votes to override Mr. Obama’s veto threat, and they may be right. Mr. Obama should carry it out anyway. If long-standing principles of law and policy are to be discarded so lightly, at least let it be done without his approval."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/should-we-let-911-victims-sue-saudi-arabia-not-so-fast/2016/09/15/f0067338-791f-11e6-bd86-b7bbd53d2b5d_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.5e2b2ff3b90f