I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters , G6 _" f* ~# d4 g7 Z; x9 u
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Wanting the trojans to win
4 h7 P' v# E/ Y5 G8 s# B+ v; msupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
i: J4 a/ X3 A: s7 ycheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) $ s- `4 a0 ]" x# e& f* H& `+ O
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal ' y* R/ q0 }7 U) e& d. }- ?
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)
( t# y( B T- T1 o7 ?. O% D# ?morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 5 q/ A: u2 f/ D/ G6 ?& p
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. , P; `2 l, \5 w
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
; L' R2 p# [3 R# _" p$ L& h" b3 x q6 Ysame 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 ).
( d6 n2 c0 q; Q5 bsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
& n" E! o: d3 X) ghuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. 4 Q g: P0 Z5 O* y; k
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |