I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win
; j8 H) ]' M/ e: U Csupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
: X9 ^5 P" \) v, o, t5 wcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  )
+ o1 i) p" d0 gsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal % x# `3 ~! V: K- i
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) 7 W8 ]: t, T1 ~$ x
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
G* K# S4 |* M! Fprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. ' X4 z+ c3 X4 s: r& D0 S
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
- u0 N+ x Y3 z5 F5 fsame 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 ).
5 w$ B8 l0 I! O l0 Vsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). $ w4 t' B4 h, _- n
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. # s! J! p _# I4 E- a
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
发表于 2007-2-14 11:19
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