I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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4 M" K( x3 x: yWanting the trojans to win
6 R/ L& l0 r6 ?/ f5 fsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) , B; Y/ y+ D- c
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  )
; F1 N0 h( ~$ \# P# ^$ X4 G& U' n3 wsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
- j, Q, W% s' D. N9 `: _. }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) ) J+ n( Z6 Z# U1 L6 f
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was ! m$ ^- I- X# r* [# o
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. / q6 t ?9 k1 |$ C
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. * d! A1 J3 @8 B1 n6 L8 O- _' \
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 ). 3 g( g- ]' l/ M1 J
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
; i2 s; R* P7 A( W0 a5 q/ Phuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
3 y6 v' _2 ^5 d8 M* Z4 F# @1 p) ?Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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