I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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# {6 I* n3 ?2 F5 p9 R! fWanting the trojans to win . r8 s7 y6 K& l
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 2 |1 d1 h- E. q4 e, X
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
. R2 a3 Z- v' Wsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal " ~0 S. U, p2 r& C/ |
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) 0 W! r8 j- ~3 Z& f n5 d: Y
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was ( b& ]& o/ m9 f# W4 ]5 y7 p2 b
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. 9 b: ~0 ]+ |1 N' m9 T8 H5 a0 c
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
) Z2 \5 O( t; ^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 ). * Y: O$ d' S$ }( z p3 b5 _3 z
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
! ^* {2 F4 \# D2 C/ C4 ~huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. & b# |: e+ ` `9 N9 e( C/ U
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |