I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters A$ W' J# Q' C* }8 x7 P) d
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Wanting the trojans to win 4 F+ l2 T7 {1 O: C7 g" w5 U
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
( Y* y& ^9 R; s- ]. k$ [cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
; U. A# b# P6 v" Z3 E( B% isupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
2 g2 J* R2 s# L2 ?; S7 Rcivil 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) " r# c* J- j, @- m
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. * }. J3 b2 n0 o# i+ o
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' m3 C: N G2 {
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). $ f3 F+ o2 C6 g6 ?4 @
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 6 S* P( y& M6 K# c( m% H
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |