I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win : L! H% a: e7 g" _& y% I+ N
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
* g; a; G) m# @6 v' j( icheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 1 o% B" r( G# I1 e7 c& I& W
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
y% i: M% M7 K6 Hcivil 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) 9 H2 v- @/ |! C# E1 C$ n6 K8 X
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
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and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
% t$ `2 U2 Q" k; ksame 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 ).
" J y5 m) f- J& V6 Q Z wsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 7 {9 S# S- ?, e6 A5 e/ X
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. ! k& _# I* a5 V( c( q' F+ U7 k2 @. v
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |