I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 4 O9 O8 I4 A, {5 u9 E: o5 T5 {& G3 b8 j0 A6 F! ~5 @
Wanting the trojans to win / w! }3 p. X0 n7 B: q& k
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 2 \0 F, u( E4 ?" i3 @+ `
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 0 h0 \3 M3 ^% i9 L
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 3 A p. \" z4 Y6 `: Vcivil 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) $ Z6 E$ i# {0 X
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was ) F9 a9 j& C8 B$ ^& G5 S3 q6 Cprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. + R4 C) q4 ?, U& p: ]8 iand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. ' [; ?2 B6 I4 d
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 ). ! r0 ]0 D3 B q8 }4 ?9 ?. vsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). - U( p/ |( s2 Q F0 V4 H; ~# ]huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. " V, B/ J, q6 C3 Y# D% r2 N+ bRome 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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