Actually officers in the Foreign Legion suffer a higher kia rate than in the rest of the French military. For that matter the same applies to all ranks in foreign legion. So what's your point again?
> It is the culture of political correctness that makes the French look > bad to us. Soldiers, in general and regardless of nationality, are > politically incorrect. For over 170 years the French army has been > handicapped by excessive political intervention. The Legion etrangere > had less of such political intervention. "Political officers" in that > unit suffered a higher KIA percentage than in the French Army. They > were also on the sharp end a lot more often than thier regular army > counterparts. > > >Does the French military really need the "current political > leadership > >to make them look bad". I thought they did that well enough on their > own. > > > >ref: Why do the French line Paris with Trees? > > > >Russel Madere wrote: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228311 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
