I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters / `& e, U h+ {5 e; O' r
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Wanting the trojans to win 7 p% a0 D7 U# V2 \( X9 u: z
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 2 B) m+ ^8 B4 Z& p" [
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 3 E7 _. @; V; w# g, ` J" lsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal + Q: D# U1 T% j7 ?* O
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 z! U8 G6 }1 L& o4 l
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was $ h; l0 S+ c3 N6 L, g& ~* s/ }! I6 a
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. 5 G k: M$ u% @/ n6 j0 R$ [ mand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. ! c" H* F5 K7 c4 y8 ] G1 [' 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 ). - t) K) ]: r3 W
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 5 F6 q0 K+ j# j; S5 y/ B2 p6 B
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 8 R; ^' M2 [, {8 h2 g' U2 lRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france.作者: 飞龙 时间: 2007-2-14 11:44
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