I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters ' M* ^* r7 ]5 @0 W' |1 j
6 i8 M4 y! d4 `/ g9 z( cWanting the trojans to win
) i2 \8 t/ @( Q+ h) }supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 9 K- o7 i; D* @7 D8 S! K& C, @7 B
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) & U# ^2 X6 W' W+ r0 ?: a4 c& Q1 T
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 8 o" `# J! p) \; T. n
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) 8 d c8 W/ a7 t( x! v/ j
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 8 T( X2 V8 k: Y/ a9 G# A) i
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. k& ^) z+ P2 k: r" \9 |8 @* `# }
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
! G9 C( D4 y( p7 Y+ Lsame 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 ).
5 [# p* J6 X' k" s. Z& ssupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 1 L' b$ u- y4 a* x
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. . Z. g0 `1 X9 [" m q0 {
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |