I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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0 c) j5 c& Z& v' _# o: iWanting the trojans to win : B1 E% b4 E+ D% z* Y4 M4 `# s' P
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) : i+ Z$ M6 e0 S5 Y8 m3 K7 X2 |
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
- j% @1 ^8 ^: j% s5 }6 x* dsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 2 d$ ~3 ^( }, x9 h* 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) : i/ r9 z% t+ T6 i
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was ; w, f/ R% K' R0 S, p% [2 L
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. . Q8 I2 j, p$ g0 q
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. * C. W# s ^. v( ~- A. h+ Z
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 ). : `! O S! I, A# I8 r6 n
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
9 b1 |0 R2 G, I0 [7 hhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
B' A: A9 V+ ^) z2 B, O6 U lRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |