I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win
* x2 T0 \9 I9 v" k& v" | m4 V7 k( \supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
2 i$ u: L; `% U, dcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
" k; f8 Q3 ?7 g; e2 V+ esupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
. V2 |8 ]" X0 S: H3 Q7 A' y+ Bcivil 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 `$ l) s9 Q1 M+ ~) V
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 2 \. l; y* T5 E
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. ( i) x9 W! S, S' Q) c9 g4 f
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 3 q l9 m- P @. h+ S
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 ). # M. B, \( s* l; p6 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). - D& X; m; [3 @ `5 q2 t
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
D- D/ A- x' y. `( v0 R. JRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |