I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 9 ~# P/ s% b0 N! f7 G: | g. `
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Wanting the trojans to win 8 K& k6 c2 {% \, r0 M. z7 B" N9 t$ ?
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 9 }% m3 I* d, l8 s, s( {7 I$ v* W
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
4 M s" Z' T. X' wsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal : Z4 f/ G: S" A7 D- {# z
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)
, ]& \; G4 `9 m& w, umorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 5 R2 n( T8 m7 @8 t# h& A
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. 9 B f! w& z" T6 c3 R
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
3 ` b* R }/ g. C3 W' \* n& 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 ).
N6 W' K, y1 E' h6 L5 B" `supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). ]8 z8 T! z) Y3 _1 Y' X- Z
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
. q& n6 R! j" a: t% ~9 D/ yRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |