I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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. e1 v( L0 s, @; t7 F) O# u6 C. HWanting the trojans to win
" E0 k K& \( @supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
! [1 T" y7 r/ m' \! v) h7 u7 fcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  )
$ Q9 }) C @& R( f2 V" }- s, Csupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
& C5 q% t3 F/ W/ V* rcivil 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)
7 t, A- C& Q' w! qmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 4 w0 F1 r- l- |# K; g
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
4 E. H' y' D, {! pand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 7 c: H! ?# ` T" a8 k2 F
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 ). 4 f* c* K+ y( `$ p! R2 r3 g
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
! b% I- m" r' d+ M; ^huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
+ I: A- P! S5 Q6 D! B) tRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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