I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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7 u5 w2 \) [# T) O5 o' ^Wanting the trojans to win
; m/ F/ j- V. ]* P2 s; J4 nsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
0 G( a( c/ P, Ycheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) * s" Q; w0 S) ?/ A
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 1 G$ w5 V& Z& M1 e+ h, 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)
) A% `! Y9 D& @6 G. o3 Kmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
" S: R, T( G2 a. g& z$ @0 bprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. 0 O/ j% ]9 O6 \
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
0 w8 x- |1 Y" c+ vsame 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 ). C2 F6 q5 y/ w0 w
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
) \: N7 ~7 J3 V3 f& s9 o" Yhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. ( p# [" _4 g# ~9 U6 b
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |