I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters B0 u1 q6 r' S
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Wanting the trojans to win $ u2 q _0 V! O1 u7 Y. {$ ~
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 8 U$ n! n" N8 W! } W
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
7 I T( l* N5 N% m3 c% J4 O6 {supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
# Z1 j% d5 w2 ]2 X5 f. Wcivil 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)
# G7 W) C' s7 kmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
( P$ p/ R2 c/ R Uprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
( I& ]) p" u' @, y4 Qand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
' C. c! I4 `9 C% g( ?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 ).
8 v# r* C+ r7 e. X0 Y0 ~supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). + \) X* n8 u6 F
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
8 z5 ~. m3 H! I8 YRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |