I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters ( L8 f/ p; v. A6 n) T0 a
& k0 N Q {. q% ?3 zWanting the trojans to win / }- ]/ Y j% t0 b! Z$ P! I7 B
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
9 S9 m8 [) ^1 X5 ]0 t" H: \% Echeering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) & h9 u* x3 C$ A4 L0 P
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 5 Z8 I( y1 W c% D9 P4 s/ h+ p
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) 5 _ @/ S( c4 e/ c. N+ v
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
5 b1 \" `/ s5 Q+ M$ aprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. * \2 y p# J! c! Y
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
! |# {. N$ m0 ^. n) @; \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 ).
5 m) r, q* Z# k3 W; {8 ~ Y+ @+ ksupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
' t9 t; G! \: R) {3 [& e) fhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 5 j6 l7 `' u2 E8 [- B
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |