I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win : |- q0 d$ I* \' t
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
7 a) p: h7 Q! d! Tcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
$ t* g. U4 A5 a* Q* xsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal & e! q2 f8 T: }4 q' c2 G4 \) d
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) L- L- q6 f3 ^( {0 g, ~
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was ( c' S `7 S) H( m4 @+ a/ Q0 K0 @
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
' _; {; M& h7 ^. l7 m8 f& a% ~7 F. Aand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
1 F/ D) M$ D! N9 L* Dsame 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: I5 @* `! R0 b" ]6 V0 R* v
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 2 d0 q" H( c: A7 F
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
9 N: D; i/ W |6 ?Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |