I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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- o9 ]& d0 ]" [: |7 mWanting the trojans to win
+ E* E' M. W9 a: s! z Zsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 1 E: E, H& J9 N7 {: j
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
2 r! r6 M; Z7 ]$ @6 Jsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
! @- I3 m3 x8 T' X/ ? S5 {+ ycivil 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) 5 u) x3 E- Y b) O
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
5 k3 J; w% b* \* e' N7 M) v' A" Aprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. 5 Y9 q3 @6 K0 ^+ |1 V* {1 H, o: {
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. * J8 U0 T2 n/ Z/ 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 ). ) I& e8 M5 o# G m, A" \8 ^# ^! V% X% J
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
\" o7 h' _+ Q$ l5 D' W' Phuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. ( K7 ^: ^" }& }! D* I
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |