I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 5 J- ]$ ^' H' G- _: R/ J
. ]6 e F6 s3 VWanting the trojans to win
. {7 Q2 H Q- } d3 Y) Nsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
8 s& u! v/ P# z- ncheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
1 G) ?# c& N. Z. j, w& ^supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal $ }5 a5 d+ f, u, x8 V
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) / T9 a# D! {8 c& I" J" H7 L& u+ X; W
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
0 \" e* l( a) h% ] pprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
4 V+ [# i% D% Sand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 4 t5 G* ~& h9 F# s. T' 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 ). + I. N! B2 }' U
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
# N5 d3 g8 p7 d+ Ehuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
! ^' k% L/ N. X7 n4 _5 m* f9 U7 xRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |