I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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+ f* U4 W w a, {Wanting the trojans to win 7 j7 Z3 Q6 W; e
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) $ r( g, }8 M0 m$ u o5 H1 g
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) ! @& d3 n1 I" o: s2 Y- h
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 2 i2 K: l4 O7 r. R' R: S
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)
' u& E+ Z% {0 m; r; Vmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
% w- C9 V$ i/ L' }primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
4 u( J$ w" F" Fand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. * M0 I4 o% z z( o( k1 U( y& T" 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 C4 }/ S# O7 B" e2 msupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
( Z5 Y0 |' f) m9 {huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. \5 l/ A4 `5 F& n0 \4 ^
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |