I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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8 L7 b1 ~7 ]7 H6 W2 IWanting the trojans to win & p% n7 |' [% s, k( c
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
/ K2 Z- P! [9 J) f( q, Lcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) % R! [7 l# N' h; n
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
, b) D H ~' S' @5 b' ^9 a% [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) 6 W0 S: r/ l1 y- }- t3 Z
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was - H/ g, c' r7 \2 A+ i
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. . x' }" T }) ^
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 0 B8 E7 t+ @. T! M
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 ). 0 z* H1 ]% S7 o4 g
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). , v2 W& G5 e: ~) F) N& U! |! {; h. L
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
+ ~8 l Y" K0 LRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |