I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters ( a) h) \7 ~+ r; }+ `2 c9 \8 K
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Wanting the trojans to win
7 k0 c5 {& a" Gsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
& J! d: q. Y N- k; E5 icheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  ) ( E3 \5 K; U% a. [* w4 _
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 4 Y& C' M9 ]/ D: Z
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) 7 V/ q1 |; z" q
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was , J& p6 \( U9 y3 p6 H& M9 i
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
& F. n( [+ M& @! hand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 2 p$ n( O/ I2 P: m" R4 H- p) a6 O3 R
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 ).
' a* K- ]. J$ vsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
0 X9 ]: l: S* t+ H. @+ rhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
2 ]" k4 _. n% }* ? QRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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