Fabled Foreign Legion Fading With Time

by TheArgus | November 2, 2006 at 07:04 pm
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he Foreign Legion isn't what it used to be. Murderers on the run are no longer welcome, and unhappy recruits have a year to back out without being branded deserters.

These days a bigger issue faces the 175-year-old force that made its name fighting France's overseas battles in jungle and desert. Its key role _ to be a crack professional force available for rapid, no-questions-asked deployment in far-flung conflicts _ has all but evaporated.

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