I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 1 m6 {- [8 E; E+ W% q; o
1 `5 h3 P8 S2 ~; I; g" AWanting the trojans to win
+ \# s( S- N* o$ |1 S& H! Usupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
1 e+ u" C7 Y' S; @/ Kcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  ) ' k' Z, c2 [/ V) X% s
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 3 s0 {" N; h' s* V
civil war, and now i want to support the palestinains as we really let them down in the 1st 30 years of the 20th century.(not condoning suicide bombing in any way) 5 }" r! @9 l6 l
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was % @. c+ G5 P8 Y1 E( W1 y- l
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
+ D$ r5 `) ~* X6 b1 }. B' Wand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
: v' m3 H; L( R* k# s: ~) Hsame with Rommel , almost a folk hero to some vets even though he was the enemy. (first hand testimony from an ex-pow held in italy ).
3 h$ {5 o. U- H& _; @supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
1 g6 h9 q7 t% p0 Xhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
9 ^' G; W* p$ p( NRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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