Antiimmigrant and antieuropean union position. Reporter polls wont be closing across the country here in france for another two hours. But we are getting indications of how the french are voting in this crucial president ial election. Belgium and swift media citing a variety of polls are indicating the 39yearold centrist Emmanuel Macron is in the lead against rival Marine Le Pen. Our own election source inside france say the voting is going in the same direction. If this is accurate, the french have chosen more moderate of the two candidates. Macron is no nato and no european union. La pen has been critical of the european union. Tough on immigration and terrorism. While her message has been playing out. The early signs are showing turnout is lower in this general election than we have seen it in past elections. Also the number of abstentions, people who go to the polls and leave a blank ballot. The Major Party Candidates were knocked out in the first round. This is a runoff. There are
Got the most specific item on his list of grievances against the United States, got it checked off the list by the george w. Bush administration. That is what happened. During the first gulf war when george bushs father was president , over half a million troops had been based in saudi arabia. Saudi bases were the launching pad for attacks to defend kuwait against the forces of hussain. After the first gulf war was over, thousands of troops stayed on those saudi bases thereafter. But in 2003, less than two years after 9 11, saudi government asked, and the u. S. Government acceded and handed over the presence sultan a Prince Sultan air base. Where the United States decided to move its big, new, Permanent Air base in that part of the world was out of saudi arabia out of 9 11 and instead, into the nation of qatar. The air base in qatar is now the home of centcom. And it is not in a war zone, but their is the permanent site of u. S. Military headquarters for the middle east. Cut tar. Cut t
President , over half a million troops had been based in saudi arabia. Saudi bases were the launching pad for attacks to defend kuwait against the forces of hussain. Saddam hussein. After the first gulf war was over, thousands of troops stayed on those saudi bases thereafter. But in 2003, less than two years after 9 11, saudi government asked, and the u. S. Government acceded and handed over the keys to the Prince Sultan air base, that base that had hosted tens, even hundreds of thousands of u. S. Troops. Where the United States decided to move its big, new, Permanent Air base in that part of the world was out of saudi arabia after 9 11 and instead into the nation of qatar. The air base in qatar is now the home of centcom. Its where u. S. Central command is based. There are thousands of u. S. Troops there at any one time. And it is not in a war zone, but their is the permanent site of u. S. Military headquarters for the middle east. Qatar. Qatar is a small country, its a very rich coun