I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters - k+ `$ b2 |# ~- t4 s9 g
* P( N7 P) n6 M/ P0 }Wanting the trojans to win 5 t+ W! Z% w5 p- n: ^
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) + O: L1 W! m4 Y9 H0 @1 \4 B( L
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  )
4 Z* S% ]: `- y# B: {supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal ! v' l" H0 ?- f- x$ n+ J/ V
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) ; ]. F' N- m+ w
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
7 {, Z4 {: [0 ~7 z M5 e* y. ^primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
6 j6 J1 N% n i, Z" ?! }and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 7 D/ n# {8 z2 c7 N0 h: S
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 ).
" e" Y! o7 o0 R9 [4 c1 M) S5 T3 Psupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
+ X" U2 A; H6 f) G' T. zhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. - v4 j/ L. d" R* d2 V
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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