I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters % X2 o; A: R0 }5 [8 {! C5 l
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Wanting the trojans to win " h2 N2 h+ [0 J/ o9 ^1 H |9 u
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) . ]. r9 D) f: ?/ n; [! R2 x% c
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 9 S+ d8 s: k3 y8 ]0 w
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
+ m3 i) P/ v# y9 q" ccivil 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) 1 P* O. D9 T( t4 w
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
+ `; ^; W9 f; S8 Bprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
" a% ~3 e$ ~1 c4 c; ~* }3 v7 o/ B- qand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 6 E4 s% T8 }3 z" f
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 ). ; n5 a3 E! O* t' q; x/ Q9 x
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 6 |6 p3 _0 G" l# R& p S% K
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
6 j- }6 L L( T8 URome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |