I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters . z6 i- Z8 w( _1 C1 A7 F
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Wanting the trojans to win ; G+ E; B7 d' A: m2 y* Q8 M
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
& e2 k7 O7 z$ p! r2 Rcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) : [* q, ^; T) p% r, S
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 9 U3 H% U4 h! d8 }9 y# C, P& Q
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) ! S. Q X' W& z/ P) m& S P' _4 [0 x7 U
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 3 p" N' r( G$ G
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. ) A# {/ V$ p; i" s% Z7 p
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
( H/ K$ I4 v" x1 dsame 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 _ i+ A* x3 L
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). & Z+ p- k+ N" b. f& p0 t9 _. E6 q
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. $ V8 R: M! k6 C, S' W
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |