I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win ~/ I a" `" n/ w4 N+ h
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 8 u& p3 k) ?+ j) J( d( g( W# j
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 6 P7 p+ J/ f3 u3 [0 b# G
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
; Q [* L) l L0 o4 U# h1 ^. hcivil 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)
8 z$ x, Z9 N3 S0 y% V* `2 t7 _$ Kmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
[& G1 b+ l6 |6 b# E% Xprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
* X' p" d8 a3 r! ` }* i' ~and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. $ |7 B& H$ j6 G* Z/ M
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 ).
1 s& _ `$ r* T9 X: ~supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 8 Z1 x4 x& A$ F7 s
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
* ~' G5 G* \% sRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |