| I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 6 S1 r: h7 m  I# W5 c
 3 v; d8 s. u" _- u4 D; RWanting the trojans to win 0 c" |: P/ z: {, K: |* G" o
 supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) # \, Z! D) B( C4 l. v5 j
 cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french
  ) 3 Q5 W8 c% ~. `- A: ~1 usupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
 * W" U$ C& S7 \/ 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) 4 Q: Q/ P9 z( }
 morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was % ^- }4 s! s  @& ~1 g
 primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
 # f5 ]: c' U+ v! J/ Sand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. & a4 b. v/ H9 V8 ?* N
 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 ). 5 W3 F) N7 j4 W0 G/ G
 supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
 / l" I/ v6 [2 {# [! _. T. g7 R" L) Hhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
 8 D  I3 \3 U9 \& ^: x6 ZRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france.
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