I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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% }' }' ^1 ]1 N: y% z% ^- r, fWanting the trojans to win
9 ^8 e) G' a! K" H/ osupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) + O2 j7 n$ [7 e0 s
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 7 r1 H1 g% ?* S& m
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
9 g+ N f& {* B8 Hcivil 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)
& {+ a( L/ [. J- ^9 Wmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
4 h! @1 Z1 W4 [7 d+ [primarily stopped by norway and sweden. 0 n; h) W. S" B9 s4 b
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. : ]7 ], O0 N, H+ D9 ]* o1 m
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 ). ) E8 D) ] A/ Y6 C" N2 h V+ @
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). & } U I6 L* j& u* F2 C
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
9 ?3 [& ?0 v/ a3 \$ ARome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |