I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters ) b1 h, C9 b/ U5 Y$ D
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Wanting the trojans to win
; o4 ~) D1 g* _1 Tsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
7 T9 K! W# y/ E. ?3 H3 ^cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) * M" x# ?# h8 k8 g
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
; n7 a7 i5 p7 `- \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)
9 d. b' B# K, O( a& d0 e/ Umorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was - W$ @2 [$ F4 u
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
# |$ v$ ^8 ^* J+ y8 m" Eand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
( p9 P3 y7 W% y* k# }) Q- `: 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 ).
# X. b- u! i$ W( K$ T/ L6 F Tsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
" B5 |. X) l: K3 ~. i c5 [. Ahuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
( R# Y4 o4 l5 @; { |9 r0 Z, qRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |