I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win : r, R% \# p7 A6 f( t% }7 n
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
, P$ A9 e1 \: v+ Q9 I* C& echeering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
( G p/ T: d4 J! Zsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal # m- T3 \8 v/ Y! K' r# y7 v
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)
8 x7 y' F M; M9 l% G: r4 Tmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
( K0 p q6 |; V l% P3 v$ `primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
. B9 a" ]* ?$ Mand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. ( o; J1 @9 }7 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 ). ) f0 m$ E1 _( j) b
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). / d; c$ o7 B% `% A0 b! ~. w0 H
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
! d: U$ C' \& S' h' xRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |