I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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' _9 ^7 V2 a3 d- JWanting the trojans to win
" G5 t3 {: k! {" j" S: @" s7 dsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
% ~* A. K$ B% |cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
9 u$ G& `: E5 I7 D- F# \! Ksupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
. R8 u0 l' @& f! Z/ Xcivil 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)
" u/ u+ \* k7 f+ Umorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 5 i: }/ c* ~* X
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. ! T2 d6 a. H' ~2 R' q- c
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. . Y, |! D3 i' [
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 ). # G7 U2 D$ [4 P) T- `
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). . ]! R4 N! g$ X6 N% z
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
$ j d2 @4 L/ p% g' f; w( [$ v& b1 iRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |