To sum it up, if I may, I'd say that, to believe someone like Nola, you need to have had, yourself, a life like 40% or 50% as colorful as his. Then you'd know that Nola's life is a possibility.
In any case, I personally met a handful of men in my life who had a life-experience almost as stunning as Nola's, so I tend to believe him. Dudes like that exist out there. For example, right-wing French ex-volunteers to the Yugoslav wars, men who went to fight at 20 for Serbia or (more often) Croatia, then logically went on making a career in "private security" worldwide, and speak five languages: they exist and if you listen to their life stories, they are at Nola's levels (except friggin MIT).
Also, I can't believe we're ten pages into the Legion Etrangere thread and nobody mentioned the most glorious (with Kolwezi) page of its History: Camerone. 65 Legionnaires against 3000 Mexican soldiers...
![[Image: les_fetes_camerone.jpg]](http://www.legion-etrangere.com/mdl_media/photo/19/les_fetes_camerone.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Camar%C3%B3n
At the end of the day, at Camerone, the five remaining French Legionnaires actually charged, with no bullets but just their bayonnettes, three thousands Mexican soldiers. In honor of their unheard-of bravery, the Mexican general Milan authorized them to surrender with their weapons and full dignity.
In any case, I personally met a handful of men in my life who had a life-experience almost as stunning as Nola's, so I tend to believe him. Dudes like that exist out there. For example, right-wing French ex-volunteers to the Yugoslav wars, men who went to fight at 20 for Serbia or (more often) Croatia, then logically went on making a career in "private security" worldwide, and speak five languages: they exist and if you listen to their life stories, they are at Nola's levels (except friggin MIT).
Also, I can't believe we're ten pages into the Legion Etrangere thread and nobody mentioned the most glorious (with Kolwezi) page of its History: Camerone. 65 Legionnaires against 3000 Mexican soldiers...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Camar%C3%B3n
At the end of the day, at Camerone, the five remaining French Legionnaires actually charged, with no bullets but just their bayonnettes, three thousands Mexican soldiers. In honor of their unheard-of bravery, the Mexican general Milan authorized them to surrender with their weapons and full dignity.