I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 9 F( `* I4 X* v# U7 M
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Wanting the trojans to win
7 x6 ?9 N$ p8 `: }. }0 vsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) # z" A1 O: y$ t+ _$ E3 {4 ^3 S
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
, g0 O/ u+ F4 a9 Z7 I/ ssupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 5 r3 d, M( n, ?$ l6 \8 ^: G4 }
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) : O* b" N+ m6 i+ @5 n' o+ u" l
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
* n* a. ~; c& m7 Y$ J1 Jprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
0 ?' U! P) m1 I0 m6 Zand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 9 g: B3 q' L& o1 v# B$ w4 R0 Q
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 ). 1 j" y V; O/ j1 a7 t. z
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
( x7 r# x' ~5 Ehuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. / v0 `: ~1 ]4 W3 i& K7 S& ^
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |