I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters - ^6 O) L: d; ]: h: v/ M/ y
$ A$ ^) e. N* z- p8 eWanting the trojans to win
$ v& _% `4 w8 K; Rsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
; l7 a- \! }8 H5 z& ucheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
& i/ c$ L- ?! ^/ Z6 l, A0 ~6 usupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
! s* c/ ^7 s# q: P$ Gcivil 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)
5 o$ N% S. v1 E- _4 ^& j) H# A/ M% Umorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
2 f0 r& _6 j' ]; V7 z2 Oprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
/ m2 Z2 X9 y1 e. c1 i9 uand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
' P1 n9 i3 ?3 p! a" t8 J4 Ssame 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 ).
+ M2 h& k0 ?7 V5 A9 r. C6 isupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). ! `# f/ m ?* S
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. . D0 l" r" D3 e! o; G. I2 B
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |