I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters ( |3 ^3 ?5 l+ p7 P3 W; N
7 p0 {1 G H2 L0 y/ D" ]+ a1 nWanting the trojans to win 4 {5 k2 E9 k3 x2 A4 X ?6 L0 P
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
$ q/ k( ~$ L) m1 ccheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  ) ; ?/ i. J9 I5 U/ m; ]/ z
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal . J8 A$ n P* N3 G# j" B
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) 4 U- f4 W" L+ y3 H4 ~; V
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was , w% f7 E3 H. {5 Z. `
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
( j( W6 p8 y) j+ h* A( Yand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
' I# u& N1 {( | O2 Wsame 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 ). ; ]8 f( }/ O i" j( c+ B6 m
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
( [5 P$ d8 ~2 r4 S0 q% t* qhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 6 `1 {4 U/ h2 W6 R' n y
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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