I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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8 T* i9 _0 P& I4 }! N4 _Wanting the trojans to win 7 X$ I/ M- ]* Y) I7 R& J
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) / W e( k3 b4 r z V( T
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 9 i6 E) _' {$ O2 W! m
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal # W1 ]% q4 k2 N3 u! d' l8 h* i! y( c" f
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)
1 L2 g) x2 _; ?- V, Lmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
) H, e5 Z9 L' Z3 f4 |, X/ ]) Tprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. 0 a Q8 w/ {9 L; c6 i2 C3 M
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
# A9 q9 {) B2 v& v3 Qsame 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 f) O9 `& i% e3 w5 F
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
( Z* p3 C/ [0 g2 E* ^huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
+ G" @8 B1 j# E( |+ T+ SRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |