I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters i( n( k7 C. Q2 X7 k+ y9 L
) C" P) L' u4 @3 kWanting the trojans to win
. }. s) D. r. l- a( @1 ysupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) : W) D* y* n+ a! J
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
0 D9 I5 P0 ]6 S& Esupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal : S* W$ r& M x' D. }1 ~1 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) 4 v8 g6 m, r& |( o4 J. H# @+ K
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
z3 G# Z/ T4 Eprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
4 q( p4 i2 E$ a' f; f; _" Kand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
8 O4 B% A F+ Zsame 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 ). / _/ p4 U/ Y, j( F0 f$ x" A
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
% i. N8 ?2 ?, g$ u3 n t$ whuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. # A3 y! N1 C- v; u
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |