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 
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