I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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1 e& u0 H% [! [0 g/ @& L9 V" oWanting the trojans to win
0 z9 M" ^4 E: s I* i) B/ x# Gsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
1 j- p7 y1 L0 E1 tcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
9 F, f) N, N1 S. F6 Csupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
3 [8 D+ g, |. e+ k6 ^( ]9 Tcivil 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)
$ A% ^% j' Q- |" ~$ [3 ~morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 4 {6 s& g& r5 v: d; y
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. 9 Q7 _- e1 Q+ L1 ~9 _: }+ I3 _- y
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. 3 W- K8 p' z) J: S( Z) ]
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 ). ; U: |! j, ?! u; 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).
( h7 r0 c0 E' _huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
J# W* a2 c2 ^, k8 W8 fRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |