I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters + D+ a) q4 A3 ~. a
. n* I6 o$ V4 ]Wanting the trojans to win : i: h6 C! q8 f
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) ! V1 v9 M' v0 Z, d7 u; }% T
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 2 C& x5 {0 a4 K- f' U g9 x. y' G" ?2 ^
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal ' a# J8 O5 l* N& A x7 t3 ]. h
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) 7 r0 K* L& G! U$ V3 r. u e
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
" q" v! U0 n N8 K8 h2 n, m; }- v: ]primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
3 ~& _0 C, B& B0 M: z B4 T$ ^0 mand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 8 X; t) C" F) a. T* [
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 ).
9 f1 ~6 x+ |! K0 ksupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
0 D' a2 w Y/ E: ]huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
/ ]8 i" L0 q* E" q5 L4 T& L* ZRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |