I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters + i0 S: b& j3 }' Q$ V" I) ~7 O/ |
/ {- l; m" l: Q6 T$ N" r/ |Wanting the trojans to win
1 |) \7 b# R; n8 U# k: Asupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
& V6 V4 M# [0 C | q# bcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 8 F: Y ~( \) K9 ?, U1 y+ e' Q0 I% w
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal u6 ~8 W% E# ]
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)
4 Q" {, v% n: H5 P# X2 I8 qmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was " b) B: A7 i1 g: I) J% ~
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
$ w$ N" e) c Yand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. ; P2 Z2 B6 `2 `) h
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 s8 E8 S$ [& V/ z; E) Q2 ]
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 3 M' e! n7 T. Z/ d! T
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
: B: _+ M, v5 y1 W! qRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |