I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 5 a! b5 I4 Q4 X1 d' q* O
1 A: i N% w& w6 ?Wanting the trojans to win - A ]5 n9 ~4 t4 v* y( t- u
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
6 z7 h8 B A" [9 t# ^# j; _* |9 Wcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  )
/ ]$ q* k( \4 x6 E( ?) ?. q8 [supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal & x" M: w) s. p3 e/ r
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) ) _3 Z6 I# t% m) ^. i
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was % ~) g8 Q5 W+ J* a! l5 P
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
4 f7 p3 h. O+ \4 i- g# z' e0 @and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 3 ~$ ]3 ?* w, h% |! g2 ]. @, Q
same 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 ).
8 @) l- @9 R5 ?: t! M+ v& Msupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
2 J- V! l3 z& w- Dhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. ( ?0 R: K% [/ X4 Z8 z& k A) E
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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