I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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2 `, q$ Y: K" R* t% }4 jWanting the trojans to win
, j/ N/ a! X5 w+ psupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) ) {" g$ y. ~" x( S* {
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 0 i K( d( n$ @, E) s
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
\9 R8 Y3 u7 N9 R( E- M* i. 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)
6 l' R% y1 N8 u7 S9 G& P& ?# Q# j& jmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
* N9 {% S4 C5 x4 t' y& jprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
$ k* M: z0 q) G4 d6 hand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 9 A" N8 W3 H$ Y' a- Q
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 ). ; p# w2 f& v3 A% W
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
% l# t* @, `9 ] i) W ^, i) D& w9 chuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. & n( I9 Y7 C4 `+ r% o& I; j& ^* V
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |