I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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6 h) ?$ f! _3 Z8 \9 n# kWanting the trojans to win - }/ ^8 t6 w: }- G2 `( \" J
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
+ w, u5 R: c* N) K# A! T; Jcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
6 _3 Z0 M# c) e7 P/ Jsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 9 Z7 W( p- A' `* L2 d
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)
+ ^5 T& i; k6 X7 {- R5 f+ y3 Smorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was / d4 _5 p b0 n+ R( @. B9 U- o
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
) l0 v: a0 f4 r3 mand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. ; \' \3 C& w/ `
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 ).
& M$ C$ t T2 u6 I' 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). 1 ?4 C7 l9 r# ?' k$ _* T) L
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
- d# n; L1 u" Z( Y6 ^Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |