I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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Wanting the trojans to win
1 e. e3 _4 x0 o9 E7 x/ Vsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) / x, A/ H' ?, V( d' s% W
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  ) 1 g6 t$ r5 g% M5 g
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal , t" H: y' p+ l' D: e7 ^$ X: Y
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) ; P- X) E, [& N- f
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
7 A& ?6 z `% D: r: W, |, Gprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. ; R* O* o: b3 l1 b
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. - J. J7 W6 B, C: f1 M& v
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 ). 7 [* R8 w& J: i8 c* O
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
$ Q; P4 u0 t! o& ~2 U# Z9 ~+ fhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
! r9 m. I9 T* c% k0 kRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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