I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win 2 H& m. y$ u0 X( G& U
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 0 t5 D2 `: W8 ^8 N$ V# @
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  ) 4 K6 o4 c8 W5 R L# g7 J' w
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal " \- p7 o. d- E9 q$ }% F
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) $ M5 N1 \) G7 n; h. {' P
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
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3 M$ q' N& W* [' t7 fand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
/ x& X! P o' d1 W) s! E1 Nsame 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 ). % D1 B0 q2 a1 w) s; Q
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). ( B9 V0 x- P) W* D# q# }7 Y. A. h
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. - D) R3 U# o0 s: I1 j* m( E" i
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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