I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters # G' \& X: E4 G$ F+ ~5 |8 x
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Wanting the trojans to win
" U; p, k0 y1 nsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
" Q2 J- ~0 d# Q* Kcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  ) 8 P7 n- J/ v+ d
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal + [: J$ K' e# d @1 v+ s
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)
+ x" \; _3 t/ m! g# P) b' r9 D6 X, Ymorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
$ t+ V! k2 _# A& E9 t# G. n& G4 k3 eprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. , k0 ^+ d; Z7 v' ^4 F% q' o
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. ' b7 W- R: e0 L+ [5 a& u- S
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 ).
2 ]: r7 m6 ?4 W% j2 p, asupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
9 c8 k* Z- Q$ b1 f, O' l/ ~huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. : l/ ?6 h6 x/ E) C6 V& 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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