I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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' ]/ }! Z8 o% V% DWanting the trojans to win % b& \% i! f* ^" M5 r/ I4 E
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
# N( M( |& q- ]$ B2 Q. Z; O2 Z2 ocheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) ! V# v5 B; z4 N) v
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
' M$ B R1 d8 S/ b/ h& icivil 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) 2 ~1 v* ^2 g+ K) f. W3 N
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was }0 F* s4 K) y! I4 n7 s) R- ~' c; S
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. 3 m. g1 ~/ _% K3 g6 D+ m
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. : i8 [$ @! u t/ |+ Q9 e
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 ). ' h& Q3 j9 x+ i% n# p& J1 ~8 `
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 j/ T$ I3 [ ? ^6 l3 Rhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
# R6 e0 g+ v. [0 c. l; }+ DRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |