I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win
# m% y+ G' M& G6 b- J9 isupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 8 [% q) Y) z/ L% t) R4 O5 ^( Z
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  ) : e% f/ G/ Q2 B% j9 F
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
, o5 `9 [8 ~: I' S# Zcivil 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)
. X! k7 @* f% ~6 X: S/ p4 v' ?morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
# M. S# e+ V B) jprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. - ]& J5 a. Y6 U# T6 f* N7 ]1 m
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
, A8 a q& k# F i; f; q5 V, Vsame 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 ).
S/ h# O* W& j2 n. zsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). ! o& p; q, F3 E' f* E( M) T" x
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. ) U0 m6 N8 E6 K' k1 x
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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