I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 3 A! o7 [3 }. }3 H# M: |' n
8 l$ k8 F0 r( s* aWanting the trojans to win
$ f, y3 ?1 o) ssupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
( P! f$ F7 a. n, F8 zcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  )
3 ?$ G4 {# P3 r, j5 S3 Tsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
3 `4 V, a1 h" G: ]4 ecivil 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) . O6 D+ P# p/ {% x& L0 S) B1 w9 B
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
. O/ S q5 |5 G% V0 T9 jprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. 8 S1 ^9 X; _$ x7 S) K1 @
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 7 R# R; G( \0 o
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 ).
^/ g$ n- L( g8 q0 f) @- }/ q' isupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 6 _ g( M! V0 f* B: \* P7 O: T
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 2 V0 g0 ]+ o' l" v. p( T( z
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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