France's obsolete Foreign Legion faces uncertainty

Heh, heh. You couldn't make this stuff up. Only in France.

The Foreign Legion isn't what it used to be. Killers on the lam are no longer welcome, and unhappy recruits have a year to back out without being branded deserters.

I need not comment any further. To read the rest of the story about France's "never mind", "ollie -ollie-oxen free", one year window to wave the white flag, go here.