I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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! S) b: M* [ {8 ~, R X: `6 HWanting the trojans to win
8 A# l' o* N4 I" H. Rsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
0 v. J) G! L; ^" g0 ycheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
# P% j. o- j# S, H& s7 Vsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
, f( V, f, H4 e2 ycivil 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)
9 b2 j, P1 q8 umorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
" E. l7 R4 B4 u8 j1 l1 Yprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. % c! Z6 J) E5 |8 N9 H4 h
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
! o" N' E/ E7 `1 |% _7 o7 _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 ). _4 Q7 e9 j6 }$ r1 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).
. ~1 |1 v& D% R3 m3 Bhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
1 @! F+ H' J/ ~2 l+ Y7 nRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |