I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 9 o- |" @3 S! e
* p! C4 `. o7 K- W! q* iWanting the trojans to win 9 q3 ^9 z5 r) d% A5 @2 J; D3 l
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
% a! D/ N% z3 @ A1 u: echeering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
' n" J1 H. Q) ]$ f) esupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 0 n5 k7 Q+ Q0 Y
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)
% X. \) W. L$ [" g+ y1 `6 Pmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
, d r/ A( H/ vprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. ! u! W N; E* ^' Z7 p: x8 e
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
' @$ n; }9 L8 }7 Wsame 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 ). / p; u2 L3 O. b/ d2 X
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 R$ |. _7 \& |. v% A# \huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. # }) m/ J ]- O" ]: O. R% C+ e
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |