I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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+ S4 b/ S6 b# T2 E& B4 q0 kWanting the trojans to win
, p1 E0 r5 J7 w P0 B2 Zsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) q# D3 k$ H) q7 @: {
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 8 z( ~/ s7 w8 S5 \7 E @
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 6 F/ ]& A+ B1 x% B7 J; ]" e9 W
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) " P7 k" l% _2 d& C
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
' F( V8 E1 A3 n, e% V# b5 N; x' nprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
) K' n8 F8 V1 b( X7 O0 Xand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
3 l* a4 T2 ]4 ~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 W- `, d) z% x6 {supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). % r' g3 N8 }9 e0 z% v. g: S
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 2 ~' X( l/ a3 C' E" f. |
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |