I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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/ ?8 d' k8 o6 C2 T, g3 {" C8 I7 fWanting the trojans to win
8 b) i. J( L* _supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
4 U; |0 `' Q( L! scheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
0 u; j5 T" R2 a7 Z/ V Vsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal ) {6 q4 o& I; O* }$ l
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# H, G" N% u6 c
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
1 ?+ N5 t+ w* P2 @9 R- Xprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. % d6 l* }' F! T3 Q: O R
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
6 Z' A5 e* l9 B- Y& e; Csame 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 ~; d3 u" c5 i1 W0 w6 nsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 7 O3 [" V$ \0 a
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
" F8 o$ n: j6 s$ K' X% j0 I2 zRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |