I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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, A3 \7 C) T/ jWanting the trojans to win
( W; o; m% r- d( ]supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
6 z0 N2 N4 y" hcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  ) 5 T ]- D( D& Y( o' A
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal % g( E. M$ Z5 K+ 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)
3 n- _; v6 Q- c3 ~. C2 S, X3 pmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
" R2 C1 T/ C6 k: |# ]" D. nprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
" m- E' O- q, z" K2 D' band oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
1 O( U: o( G' M2 H0 I. C9 lsame 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 ). 0 ~0 O2 ~+ T5 c7 R+ e% r
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
: d4 E2 W6 i$ S7 ^5 Shuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
( X$ t, }. @% b/ t: nRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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