I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters $ ]% s6 v9 B) _- ^" I
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Wanting the trojans to win ( ~( \9 |3 d3 n$ k& x) F4 L
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) ' J9 i; U. S( }3 | u( ~8 u
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) + k) _, o; L* B* b1 `
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
6 Y% d9 Y" Z) Y4 q/ k3 \1 I) i# |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) - ?; `0 S& E6 d9 n( O/ _2 L( a
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
* T! f, ^4 o# ]4 Q9 m2 ]primarily stopped by norway and sweden. - u1 I, N! g, h
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
5 f% o# _* i- ]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 ).
6 ]$ E( f' A3 [+ L4 A3 \4 [supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 1 o2 ]2 m% h3 a: h; r
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
9 `; u" A! o* j/ p7 }" DRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |