I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win
( X/ \0 ^ o8 i5 y4 a3 R5 i$ Nsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) % T3 |3 |; Q& L- k
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
6 J$ B3 ^1 x; p7 B Ssupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 2 B( P+ S6 s5 U @8 N8 @! Q
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) " }0 x' Z- U- e' n, x3 k1 e
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 1 ~) L, D e5 A7 Q7 e, O" _
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
' `/ O# H. c ]! ~& n9 Q2 Eand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
/ w! w; J9 ?3 d Psame 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 ).
# s, }4 {( N4 g2 `4 U: \4 u, Asupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). + `; D8 j( S% n- H8 v
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 8 i: I' B" ~+ C) t
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |