I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win
( ?+ U1 g7 I7 Bsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 8 G6 ^5 v0 w1 d- i2 I
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) . S0 X( q7 Q; g" k5 Q, y
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
$ L7 C, h7 G, V. D2 m: ], ~1 \3 }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)
; O" e2 y0 _: imorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 2 N7 \3 X @6 T5 f
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. t; q, {$ N. l# ?, p) Q
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
7 h& `# R- X8 k+ z: m+ d0 N5 S' hsame 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 ). 3 K+ L b- x* s: O' l' D% m8 L# {
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
5 s' T# j" G/ D* T8 v0 O- `5 Shuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. , Y! S( Y- [: T. t' Q
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |