I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win
7 G3 y _, G3 A3 q* @* }supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) % D3 q# [) K3 B( x. _
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
. p$ N4 l0 M6 H; J8 @! [) ysupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
- g* K# ?2 o2 [1 Pcivil 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)
; f- z, G# N W0 F! I2 [morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was & g% @$ T; ]+ U# L ~0 s* ?- E
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. + ?1 J& i o1 z& h
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. ! g& [! w8 e: m+ x% b9 S% I, {
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 ). 8 ^& f3 l: a, D6 x. [: L/ B3 m: B
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). , y2 l" \5 B- b4 f
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
& E! q; v1 i" f# rRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |