Comments on: Bush nixes defense bill, cites Iraq-suit provisions https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/bush-nixes-defense-bill-cites-iraq-suit-provisions/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:20:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Christopher Eckel https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/bush-nixes-defense-bill-cites-iraq-suit-provisions/comment-page-1/#comment-10043 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:20:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5686#comment-10043 I thought the World Trade Center bombing in 1993 was 68% the fault of the NY Port Authority. How can it be fair to make terrorist states pay for damage which was actually the fault of the Port Authority?

]]> By: Supremacy Claus https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/bush-nixes-defense-bill-cites-iraq-suit-provisions/comment-page-1/#comment-10042 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:44:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5686#comment-10042 Had a conversation with the law prof prosecuting the captured US soldiers case. He won the case. After the verdict, the US government filed an intervention claim. They said the verdict could injure US government policy interests. The judge reversed the verdict, without further argument. Prof is still trying.

I strongly disagreed with the prof. If allowed to collect from Iraq, Iraq tort lawyers could send us the bill for all those houses we bombed, all those innocent civilians killed, the interference with business lost from hostilities.

His reply surprised me. He said, the US seized only $25 million in North Korean assets and brought them back to negotiations on nuclear weapons development.

Torts has the potential to replace military attacks. To deter.

I agree with the Bush veto. I oppose foreign policy for fun and lawyer profit.

However, the debate is not settled.

]]> By: Timothy Watson https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/bush-nixes-defense-bill-cites-iraq-suit-provisions/comment-page-1/#comment-10041 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:45:04 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5686#comment-10041 But wait a second, we’ve been told for years that Saddam Hussein had absolutely, nothing to do with terrorism…

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