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Originally posted by DeltAlum
Of course the French Foreigh Legion is not made up of Franchmen/women. And their backgrounds are sometimes suspect.
Foreign Legion or not, France hasn't been a paragon of military power over the past couple hundred years.
They do seem to be pretty good at riding other countries coat tails, though.
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YAY for DeltAlum, he figured it out. The French Foreign Legion isn't made up of actual French people. I nosed around their info site and you can use a fake name to join, and then get French citizenship. Very interesting.
I wonder percentage wise how many victories the Legionaires have in comparison to the regular French troops.
(P.S. I lived with someone from France and I am still harboring anger about her blaring Celine Dion in French, in addition to all her French friends coming over and talking only in French in front of me, then heckling my French when I joined the conversation. If you don't like my French, speak ENGLISH)