I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 1 z: a8 c4 E0 F I. T& {2 e+ @8 ?
/ V/ g/ u" V) D: _Wanting the trojans to win 2 T: y1 q* l% U2 v" R, Y8 u
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 1 k+ T" v: }$ B2 l3 m- `
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) ) U: K$ @* K3 ^/ f1 L
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
( T* E( j5 e$ ~* z2 wcivil 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) ( B! q0 y/ c% D# L2 p# b; c
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was . M# ]% U s3 ]0 g& U
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
# ~% T- U7 u, a: ^4 ^7 R9 L0 Yand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. % _( r8 t' v8 o+ F( {+ q9 d
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 ).
1 O: I* H6 b$ l9 S- Jsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 3 h- W, |5 R# a8 \! {- I
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 8 w( ]* ]0 C; j/ V6 i1 M
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |