I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 4 Y; f2 W2 p: t4 t- a" u: b9 I2 x. i
1 N6 [* f' f2 |Wanting the trojans to win
E/ ^2 W) `* J( T9 g$ ysupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) / E- E2 Z E9 R. f0 i
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
F0 ?3 m- @( {9 D1 Y. P" nsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
; _8 |8 b5 X. k7 ~: Fcivil 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 H5 @. S$ y/ w7 d2 b' L1 p
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 0 V4 b W/ S d. f
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. 8 v* p& w/ m7 Y9 P R7 M
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 3 C( N& k& {3 V3 `
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 ).
( Z, u4 T5 x. c$ w6 u1 {4 N6 _: }supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
4 y6 I0 e& b0 G9 i, N0 Lhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
% u% M6 Q: L# nRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |