I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters ( e- ^0 P& I, P/ g8 e8 j" L2 ~ % \! q H' p. F+ [Wanting the trojans to win - L3 [: ?( L4 w
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) # U- H; v% E4 U
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) . R- r! Z. { }! |8 asupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal , F( {8 \; H# _7 t
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) : z8 J4 ^7 @$ u1 t C
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was ' @* h/ m8 \8 ?, P" t. @+ Sprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. 9 @6 |$ o- _& ^ ^. Z" [
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. ' F2 a% g- E6 }6 K: q; |' ]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 ). 9 j+ N0 O: C2 ]: p& Z& V, Fsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). & b; g6 s2 T- C
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. % c4 M5 a( O$ W5 o$ F* ]' j9 ?8 DRome 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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