I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 2 \$ L; I8 X3 l& X' p, ~
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Wanting the trojans to win # l% Q3 Q( p( ^9 k& t
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
& h) Q) O$ F7 }: t5 Vcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
8 p/ d0 O8 } Tsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal / l8 J8 |4 k1 q
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)
7 G# _) ~0 |6 n; `* f- s$ k. @" W4 dmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
( }0 f$ M( O7 I: hprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. E$ N9 x4 \/ J( _8 d
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
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supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
7 g- Q0 H; F) _+ d# ~huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. . D! P9 p; n5 P" [5 _4 M% f8 M
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |