I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters # Y( u( Q, ]0 z& O- f3 _ ~) c
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Wanting the trojans to win
' D) U/ Q! E& a. osupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
# K. Z7 i& C: z1 c( Mcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
- b. o: O- `0 i$ a+ esupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal & K8 A$ [" v& ~
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)
) Y- {/ s& G' \# G1 G( w9 r! Omorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was . H2 n" b+ U. k$ S$ U. D7 q
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
& R. P- ^% p; l; e1 D# F; \; Hand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. , ~+ \& \' z" A, M
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 ).
$ Z5 u8 x1 w9 l. w' csupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
& B6 F2 d! E$ z4 o8 e% P; shuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
/ ^6 V8 u; H4 S! F& |Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |