I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters : O) K+ Y4 c, y% }0 y0 W
6 J. S2 h2 ^+ W5 F* V: B9 kWanting the trojans to win * p6 H# S2 `" K9 P
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) u- l# f$ {6 F3 a
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
* O6 o$ S! F' n1 Nsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
, u \7 W% u2 k5 icivil 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)
& B4 d8 H. V: ~( f' m: Q# R$ g7 a+ |morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
' m& t5 [; N& c+ H" eprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
4 J5 j) M$ d/ X$ Xand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 1 I; E: O" J9 r, ?# k; u$ }
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 ). ; n, j* S9 L" ~9 V
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
$ V, G7 M @8 Whuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
/ f3 ^: K$ l! r) a- k* tRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |