Nuremberg's dead and buried

The jackboots twitched suspended as they swayed upon the rope,

a sentence passed for hatred bred so shocking in its scope

a stolen Sanskrit symbol used to purge what’s deemed unclean,

the violent birth of safeguards passed to halt these acts obscene

 

As the seasons passed it seems the attack dog’s lost its teeth,

barking at the shadows cast by the one holding its leash,

the principles that once adorned the collar round its neck

have faded now to naught, along with its duty to protect

 

And so another power goosesteps straight into history,

wardens of the global capitalist penitentiary,

launching wars of aggression based on lies and spurious fact

using freedom as a pretence for the stock markets attack,

radiating countries as they condemn what they have sold,

denying millions futures so that the few can hoard their gold,

modern Christian crusades against those found in Allah’s fold,

a legacy of fragmentation whose ultimate damage is untold.

 

Where’s the condemnation of these principles violation ?

Where’s the courts indictment of the leaders of this nation ?

Where’s the trial to prove that justice has not been gagged and bound ?

And where’s the judgement, that once passed, will see a strong branch found ?

      

 

Principle VI states,

 

"The crimes hereinafter set out are punishable as crimes under international law:

 (a) Crimes against peace: (i) Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances; (ii) Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the acts mentioned under (i). (b) War crimes: Violations of the laws or customs of war which include, but are not limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation to slave labor or for any other purpose of civilian population of or in occupied territory; murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the Seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity. (c) Crimes against humanity: Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation and other inhumane acts done against any civilian population, or persecutions on political, racial, or religious grounds, when such acts are done or such persecutions are carried on in execution of or in connection with any crime against peace or any war crime."