I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters + k+ X( |! F; B; P* i
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Wanting the trojans to win
, C2 g! n8 P. D5 n: N3 Qsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
7 o" y1 \7 E/ Dcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 1 x) Q! X/ O% b+ E
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 6 _+ X' x" a$ r* |9 C8 [
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) 2 R9 m: D( T0 e
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was T" y6 J2 v* y' u: C8 U2 C+ ]; S
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
+ I: Q+ H" e6 }! j+ ]: \& |: Iand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 2 S( F- d1 z! O+ Y; O
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 ). + [% H) `& ^# V! N- @
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). + X' |" ?+ i9 a O {7 p+ H, r
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 7 Z3 O* v% a* \8 y
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |