I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win
$ l; Z8 T& m& j& G% j' [; U! V) Z% Y4 Nsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 3 L; T+ Z" N' }6 q1 D! a7 b0 A. v
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) # B3 P: U9 m2 J& [
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 9 B& E. d( K$ ^- ?+ B& g- u2 ^
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) - o. r: H7 J: m% Q
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was * O3 v4 k8 I' O3 l D" L2 o
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
& V% C, K0 K0 d; x- u9 ^and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
. N, z' G' N) C p& }" gsame 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* e H: Z- k- c4 {6 w: `0 Y. Usupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 1 n/ a+ _3 G4 g/ _0 e8 b8 N' f6 R
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. ! j j; e( V2 g$ L _: [) u5 x- {
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |