I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 7 d/ i6 P, m) { k. `9 j
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Wanting the trojans to win
+ k0 g0 j0 F8 J& x& i% X/ M: l& H8 Xsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 2 f# z6 s8 a" ?& v+ n$ v
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) c& S |7 V9 c( Y v! e' h* P8 A
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
9 i2 p2 f" Z: ~2 X! q w. i5 hcivil 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)
# R+ G9 P, {. n. tmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
# I. V! K; @1 \2 ]8 Nprimarily stopped by norway and sweden. . B% g/ l: V8 o
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 0 I: f7 y1 U& |$ Y$ c
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 ).
" z) c1 z( g S1 ^7 M3 S7 l* nsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
0 I5 A1 A7 s1 F5 z5 i0 j4 Jhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
4 t4 \3 R) q( X$ S& [3 DRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |