I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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: x2 }0 k, |: y6 {! q: EWanting the trojans to win . W% p/ T2 T# @3 u3 L9 z
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) $ W1 D. a4 {* }# S; ^5 }
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 6 U% Y7 F9 b; G
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
; {( P$ b6 [( {: ^! ~: u# a8 \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) 4 D" _ {3 ]9 g8 l9 x
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
2 p9 _! _7 P$ h6 j jprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
# o) @$ @' K$ j' ~2 uand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
8 K+ ?% a3 [: m9 b* v$ c: p3 ssame 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 ).
* t: N1 w+ i6 A0 d1 Jsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). " L! E( | s8 j1 m n, p
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. ! t/ ]3 W- v8 v1 l4 j; k0 l
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |