I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 4 h* C8 W$ _, F& ^4 D
+ W) G4 q: \5 T2 U$ TWanting the trojans to win $ A/ w Q4 D6 G* S# [9 z/ a
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 9 g6 p6 T0 O+ ^9 i
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
! W' S4 N% C2 Gsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal + ?; }& q! E+ ^2 v1 P# Q8 ?! }
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)
3 t6 p+ Q1 |: r# C4 l( imorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
6 J" H; @; [$ g( hprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
0 H, Z/ K5 \- y9 fand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
, n: ] g; z j/ K1 q& xsame 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 ). * z; C2 G- b* g: N" ]- z. F) P
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 3 k w' F1 m" u" R$ Z" z/ A& x
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
) p( z) @8 S" @: [Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |