I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters * G0 { A! t7 Z0 M5 J g
: \# o6 Z/ q) l: GWanting the trojans to win 4 g& l4 r9 Z2 G8 X' h- M" Y
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
4 g- D9 y2 W- @# u" ^5 s5 I5 Q# \2 `' acheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  ) 6 p* G, Q7 Z4 N4 Z! W; Y
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 9 c- D; T6 o) T- `) e
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) + N( L" d+ v5 J( \, }+ f
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was ; E( j- Z# ~ ]4 m
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. O+ U4 {2 W! P$ e
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
( a9 y) e$ ]/ j3 t& O$ r* B2 [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 ). ; H' {" M( u1 O$ y9 a8 ^
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
; ?# p' U" @3 }+ b. ^huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
# |3 [5 C8 v, [) J5 J1 {5 V/ T/ \Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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