I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 6 w( q# Q8 p7 }* V/ b% p4 J
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Wanting the trojans to win
' }+ X3 s8 P% O: p& ]supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) $ a) A; \! ]! ]7 X5 r3 i, w% r
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
' e. M/ o, N2 O/ a/ w! xsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
: d8 F5 |6 B9 l$ qcivil 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)
( Z( V2 l" P4 Xmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
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and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
& K' \+ S* k. J- D h q2 esame 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 ). * M* p' G2 [% H1 Z4 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). ! _+ }& V$ G" ]. a$ Z# p
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
/ m6 f. S) Z5 ^" U1 fRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |