Man's Inhumanity

We have read about New York's Twin Towers and Hiroshima in Japan Just for us two examples of man's inhumanity to man And of Hitler and his Holocaust one who lives on in illfame And of Stalin and of Mao and their awful crimes of shame. We've heard of Pol Pot in Cambodia millions did suffer when he did rule Some with power at their disposal they can be so very cruel But in truth they were no different to some of the rulers of today Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe as a despot now leads the way. Streets in some Cities honour Oliver Cromwell yet if we go back in time Against poor Catholic Irish peasants he committed many a crime But 'tis said the winners write the war history with that one must agree And Cromwell he is honoured for his crimes against humanity. Idi Amin of Uganda of old age in exile died The unmarked graves of his Homeland his shame forever hide And up to a million Tutsis in Rwanda by their fellow Rwandans butchered to death And this only in the recent past history repeats itself lest we forget. We have not learned from history or so 'twould seem that way So many despotic leaders in the World of today And the Twin Towers of New York and Hiroshima in Japan Are only two examples of man's inhumanity to man.