I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win ' y$ v8 a" S5 V& a1 U' T
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) ; l$ S: H# l2 P* ? @5 E) N
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  )
' u# J" j2 A; c. E; W* ^, Osupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
& }5 ~7 a }' s. o1 A* Rcivil 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) ' n7 B( V. r4 i l0 H9 u+ I* y3 v
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
3 i0 i3 U4 D ~8 ^& Kprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
/ q) X: O- G! W0 V' U) Aand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
9 }; {/ x6 J6 s$ U3 N' t% _* b. Bsame 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 ).
6 f5 d4 y- ~7 k" \! C6 W: Qsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). ! G" B- i. o+ G" Q& `( t
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. : g8 N; V w- j1 M: n1 `
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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