I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters ' [. Q- D/ f, ]7 ]
7 I% Z$ J% d2 }5 y p WWanting the trojans to win . D# o& q5 u2 u: T% k8 B/ m4 {/ I
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 7 K8 G: K2 u1 g5 g9 T
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
. b6 r7 s3 @! E" K8 bsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
! y& K0 O2 G! {- P3 X( |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) , l* a2 @- H& }
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was - b% S' z& w4 c3 ?" T5 n
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
H v s! ~0 J" R- Band oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. & \: ^+ l2 Z3 p
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 ).
! U8 m) W; z! l: w3 F1 ~3 Dsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). & f! Q5 ~: D9 z) G+ g
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
2 X8 [ A, U5 N5 ]Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |