I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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, o/ J6 S3 c8 ^. YWanting the trojans to win
5 s; A3 C# M w6 w! Usupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) ( ?) F, [# p; f5 k' M3 x2 a" }
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  ) ( B" m2 T2 j' J6 X, m9 {+ F: `3 d X
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
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morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was - ?8 o( A$ z$ `. X
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
) H- p! L: ]1 t' I3 i/ cand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 5 T1 @" w2 J+ o) o3 g+ b2 G9 X Z
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 ).
% Z4 [, E0 q! H. @! Dsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
6 i+ T) e& ]1 k% Bhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 9 j5 u; ~* ~* b4 j. C7 U
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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