I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters + X) F+ ~+ k2 @! J- p1 Y) H
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Wanting the trojans to win & O j8 g/ d( {/ Q6 w N& g
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
- A7 v4 t; @/ X2 ]4 A3 d7 ocheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 1 |2 R" y' u/ h: p2 ~1 Y" s3 P
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 2 r8 [- z6 C# m
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) ?" B: p+ l( z1 K+ }
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
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, E; x& B+ i5 j$ cand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. ) C% e& I( {% D3 K! Z- e) c
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 ). 3 @- ?$ z0 E: \
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 6 ^) b& C: `9 x+ Y
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
6 z# N, E+ ~# R: l" W( IRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |