I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win 1 S6 l$ ~. V; h4 S0 [; U$ \" h
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
; B/ y( M% d) Echeering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) ' l( c. b7 h5 b i0 V( u
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
; ]9 u4 Z1 ]& K$ m5 D* Hcivil 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)
- \. `2 O: u: I5 m* \) n, t1 y5 Umorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
h/ s& O3 M8 eprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
" T8 B+ Z& r6 I% j$ rand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. * ]* F$ l4 k8 q/ ?
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 ). ( _0 Y* H1 G$ G. D( M
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
4 h2 C/ P8 H8 whuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. : }6 d0 Y3 E# H& t' F; F( Y, M
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |