I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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% K) b1 y& r( F( gWanting the trojans to win ; `, e' j# C* C
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) ' d7 v+ @1 B0 M0 O, I" Z7 N/ d
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  )
# h/ k: p7 R4 x8 E0 }) v$ Xsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
# v4 U8 K$ p- q( S3 Y' Wcivil 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) 3 z6 u" x, q, z" m; L$ e; N
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
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and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. ) Z! C9 _4 D7 F& Y
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 ). 9 u: S. @, O/ K
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
( x4 f7 | W8 N m" Rhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
) e/ \6 p# V& P- fRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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