I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters # r% P+ g+ U4 T
" D1 F0 \7 z7 }4 `5 n% rWanting the trojans to win
1 A. b2 G; e A4 z& j. qsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) ) _( a5 o: H1 a$ g9 e$ D3 v
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 8 L1 m9 ]6 H7 J4 ?# E1 o; A
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal ( n% P) o( w" a3 c H$ p5 y3 W2 ?
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)
/ g& d4 @( V3 ~2 T4 k& vmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
+ J* m. b6 h j" F/ V uprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. " K$ b. l; z; S0 `' B
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
9 |8 }# f2 _. l H, [8 C* M% Rsame 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 ).
! u+ ^; D2 @$ l% Zsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). # K( k, K3 {; M
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 1 a& a( Y; ]' B8 G; F- a0 O
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |