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dalton99a

(81,404 posts) Sat Jul 1, 2017, 08:11 AM Jul 2017

Trump: "Hey Macron, why can't you guys parade like North Korea?"

French Foreign Legion, Bastille Day 2014

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Trump: "Hey Macron, why can't you guys parade like North Korea?" (Original Post) dalton99a Jul 2017 OP

Is this an old Monty Python sketch? dubyadiprecession Jul 2017 #1

When the Foreign Legion marches GulfCoast66 Jul 2017 #2

dubyadiprecession

(5,697 posts)

1. Is this an old Monty Python sketch?

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Sat Jul 1, 2017, 08:51 AM

Jul 2017

Axes and leather aprons stand out on top of all the other oddities.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)

2. When the Foreign Legion marches

Reply to dubyadiprecession (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 1, 2017, 09:33 AM

Jul 2017

They are led by sappers or pioneers carrying axes. Goes back to the days when assaults were led by men whose job it was to clear obstacles. They had a very high mortality rate. Thus the honor of going first.

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