via: http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/51117

Really interesting. I didn't know much about the FFL, and a lot of the information was very surprising. Now I want to watch "Indochine."

Wow - it'd be nice to have one of those FFL 911 cards.

I wonder if longer videos like this will suffer vote-wise, despite their high quality? Definitely interesting stuff!

Krupo, I'm sure it will suffer on the vote front. However, it was too good to avoid posting, the metafilter thread I linked has lots of other good info.

Found this doco particularly good and really informative. As with all good stories though, it just beckons even more questions!

At one point I considering joining, then I grew up and found I have a heart defect

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Good pick!

Thanks Krupo.

The world's largest private army

The FFL is not restricted to foreigners, 50% of troops are french and all officers are. As far as criminal, the official version is that murderers and rapists cannot join. It is not shrouded in secrecy as said in the show.

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Absolutely fascinating documentary.

The coolest bit is near the end when Schwarzkopf was made a member of the Legion after Desert Storm. They gave him a card with a phone number on it. He was told that if he ever got into trouble anywhere in the world, he should call the number and they would come to his aid.

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