I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters o2 Q4 a1 H+ Y* e( E* }
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Wanting the trojans to win
5 s) f) d7 x/ O9 j8 S q% Jsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
$ A6 O9 @4 }" l, X9 W E1 N0 s8 s4 gcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
k* h9 J. i, C5 U+ Ysupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 5 T h7 E ]4 w+ W
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) 3 U2 d* q( T6 I, w
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
5 g* e3 d$ y, t. Gprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. 2 ~# F& E( p' @9 ` w. w! k$ b
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
0 _* w2 T ?* Y* i( L$ tsame 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 ). 8 F! h% D- N9 _# D: p. f
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 4 U' B9 L# v/ h; k2 _
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. ' _( V5 W: J. Q/ ]* v2 e
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |