I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters ' }* E) a- |. J0 N% `: i
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Wanting the trojans to win
1 o. m% F. \( Y. x- X& ksupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
1 X. @7 M+ X2 |! k# @2 [cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
( z" E6 M$ u$ ^. R# hsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal ( m$ K8 r- _2 r% x" D1 l% 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)
, Y" v4 R- P6 `( ]7 n$ `8 ]* Kmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
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and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
, M) n7 ?8 u) V% n7 a8 S+ Isame 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 ).
! _9 Z$ c+ |# L$ S: |supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 7 V1 J X6 f0 B8 |
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. ! W* P7 C. v' u4 S
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |