I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters $ Q! ^. X4 \) e
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Wanting the trojans to win
( s6 _) I' w0 P- L7 usupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 2 s: t. x7 y; F1 a2 w; @
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) I. e @' x; r/ P3 A Z
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
1 _) m' a: u6 W L! |0 W+ ~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) 1 o' m7 Y7 W( p: F5 w# W5 B
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
6 W" v; k6 b* W, k2 zprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. - M' B# L" x# A( K1 ]6 n
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. : _7 a( }" X. G" k! P- y
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 ).
/ B+ C6 O; i. ?% c3 ssupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
. l* T/ g, p8 B) G3 r% `4 bhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. , M# S6 v& U9 u7 p2 x
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |