I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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( O4 K5 F( X) a4 q4 R1 wWanting the trojans to win
. n9 F# {0 R- \$ I* Y" Qsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) " J* ]. l8 N1 M$ J8 K- z; O
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
4 p" f8 i% O5 _! ?- ?supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal % r0 \0 s" k7 d1 A$ Q- C6 _
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) $ y& H- X9 V1 L: b& Y
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 2 j# _5 _9 I1 a4 r5 V9 }
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. 5 F/ m+ }) Z* p b
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. $ R. x; ?( S6 v8 O' l( U6 E
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 ). 7 ?2 D [/ [! U5 h' L: M
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 z7 f5 f8 [5 Z/ y0 Q% i
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
) N- U/ l/ K3 b7 }1 a, sRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |