I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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# o7 W9 B9 }9 d1 U. J; gWanting the trojans to win
! e( ?6 g! L$ }# e+ _4 wsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
+ T: B: e( q/ r/ v+ ucheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
: D5 ^9 k4 l! A0 d# J& rsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal $ ~/ {* ` ~# d* l
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) 8 @/ G+ C5 u: Y0 z! q8 T
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
6 a/ D( J$ b: s# Y8 _: }* Yprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. . T1 @6 ]8 p* D
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
+ [9 a D6 j E; c Wsame 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 ).
2 |1 `% ]: m5 D: h8 S# rsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
8 u& Q& h- t/ N) u" v& ~% q7 Qhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 6 }2 `. H- N8 d# u8 _& G2 q; ?
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |