I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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( ^, G/ F3 \: I1 I- eWanting the trojans to win 6 q6 B+ j% Q' @1 O+ T A! o
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
{- d! A0 M* E, s* scheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 4 P) K; C9 h: T# p% s: }4 T* ]
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
. W) L; D# ]4 {0 o/ H8 U9 icivil 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)
! b: }$ M1 k" E4 rmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
& Y. Z2 c# J2 hprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. % g8 i" ~, ^, q% K
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. D% i0 p6 f$ H( n
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 ). ! C5 E. f( v3 [7 |& W5 D; p
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). ) Y% B! v) K" I6 }
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. . K: h1 d9 o5 w9 M9 ]3 B, k) q
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |