I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win $ A- u7 B; e' _0 Z6 `
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) ; e5 `+ a1 _* \! D1 {) J. ]
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  ) 4 A( _2 W- { A* O! C
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal ) K& G: V+ O/ I7 G. r- t/ c
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)
" b. {5 d2 x8 s! G2 X+ d. q fmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 4 I5 y1 ^$ [7 ?. Q
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
( ]: h& A9 E( ]+ u: Iand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
2 i6 N; a" X/ G& d1 S8 c 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 ).
7 C+ s6 A/ M) Z& H# I/ Isupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
% A- l+ U5 ^ W& a7 q9 ]huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. ! G q' l2 J) Z, B# k! C! W
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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