I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 6 x+ a, Z K; f3 C4 {2 q p
( X# T- }* v; |8 D3 rWanting the trojans to win
# u0 K5 ] |" @9 Gsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 8 |. M4 L2 S) Q8 G, L5 x: ?( u9 k
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) ' j+ P% j7 d! q$ K
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal / |2 `' p. T/ x) `. O/ Y
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) * g. F+ _, e3 A3 _! m& S
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
, X/ s. G& {% Y. ?% `8 C# fprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. 5 A% f- b- U7 I1 U' B. H
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
( w; q6 W2 \; @8 U. P1 i. hsame 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 ). % R7 q0 A* q$ x5 q! A4 w
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
8 V, c( p8 n% fhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
- }- I2 c7 W: \& x3 ?! L9 R4 }Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |