I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 8 [1 z4 e& W, @/ O5 W3 G t
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Wanting the trojans to win ) J+ _3 W* k$ j n% S3 s) }
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
, n5 z4 [& b c% Zcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) % G# M8 u: \ w, J' U% P6 ^
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
$ c+ }! N) A# n# Lcivil 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) * X) F0 K( h3 g) t2 C/ l
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
/ N3 g9 U+ W; J7 {/ {7 Mprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. 6 s/ W# l% | p- a, o8 K
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. # ~- T4 U* l9 F& t
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 ). ; U) o* v1 K [5 E) @
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
9 P0 Z' d8 }- I' `& [, c: T; Nhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 2 @7 @8 C, r' D& X5 I; u
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |