I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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; W4 y/ W( `* }6 D6 X) v- L+ ^Wanting the trojans to win - N4 G& o& i3 b2 Y/ c6 C
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
" T& O: ?( e7 F/ W/ R' S/ J1 Echeering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
G& l' T1 \5 Usupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
6 T$ E2 N; S. U8 z. D# scivil 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)
+ H& l4 i8 j- D7 K ?morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was ) a/ c: F" }$ |9 f3 N O
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
6 ^. M9 O( a( X# E1 k0 Oand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 3 L% R/ k% o1 c2 q: a
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 ).
6 }7 Y: u4 \& W0 _4 c. E3 hsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
: r2 \& ~2 n. p0 z7 L8 fhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. : s4 m9 N6 B: H4 o2 U
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |