I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win
& h5 W6 R$ D& w( k: y9 [supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
- |' {0 G" }9 I* h8 H$ H( xcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
# K- B; H1 B0 Y% j8 F* Qsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
3 F: ~ D4 D6 [0 A5 C7 Ccivil 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)
J f1 X, `; S# m$ dmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
8 L2 T/ Y( q8 m3 tprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. * Q B# n& b q% |, n3 b% H2 K4 p
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. : X" {4 w0 ~- U: |5 D" p' q. S( A4 H
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 ).
2 }7 l$ n1 u6 ]8 z8 T* K/ E! \supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). $ N7 B$ @3 s/ S0 X/ N5 F( Z+ c4 f
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
4 p/ p% d' ^* ^* l* ~+ }Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |