I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters & N7 I. y R1 z9 K g5 e; z! {
1 y0 k, w- @1 q( a( X# zWanting the trojans to win
s" f m# ]& h+ M: l* r Tsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) - j$ b ~2 [" @! ~
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) " @0 z" d2 x8 \8 a9 N# j q6 V
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal ( E+ n% n: H4 X4 b% t( Q
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) - W1 h2 X4 u8 X
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 1 K. ~& Y5 `3 P: i# `( n4 p$ [1 M
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
6 D6 J- M8 J' R, Zand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. $ x4 B9 J# Z4 ]. P5 R9 |: K
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 ).
# R. Y# E: B( Asupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 9 O" k& t& E( F5 s+ [9 q5 R# V! B
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. ! j O# D0 R' u' g3 T. X
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |