Not true at all. The primary tenant of the Legion is "to fight for France but never on French soil". That's why the hold posts in the ex-French sphere of influence. They are mostly expatriates but many foreigners also. French can join the Legion, but like numerous others they either do so under a pseudonym or as a citizen of another country such as an ex-French colony.
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"Take, sink, burn, or destroy the enemy fleet": Lord St.Vincent's orders to Nelson off Toulon, 21 May 1798
Pretty much spells it out, huh?
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