I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters # f6 E4 h0 C4 R) p% `! F- G
0 z$ r) O/ u1 n2 Y! i5 g. n8 QWanting the trojans to win
h$ x: m2 k; D. M, w+ Msupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
8 t% e# e# T; Ucheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
1 ~5 T+ i7 B; f# lsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 7 L8 L) u; K6 s. 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)
2 o0 B* w2 i# L9 E/ w: n1 A2 d0 Lmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
6 z( X* n* ~7 o5 pprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
; r+ \! b: s! e, j* A* a( n2 g! h' Q9 Nand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 3 q# f& [2 O, o4 K7 a( i
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 ). ' X0 f* j# n* g9 e& A1 k
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
! h0 d/ F( X6 ~huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 2 ]! q$ F' f! A) J- y/ A& e4 C* Z+ A
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |