R2P
Not to be or R2P,
So what's the Dilemma?
when doing right
makes economies tremor.
When "Never Again"
is reasoned away,
no matter to those
who don't have a say.
The panga and bomb
the fist and the gun,
reign over a song
too often heard sung.
The pen and the suit
the fine things of State,
the willing recruit
to The Profits of Hate.
The Corpses and Dust
left to rot and to blow,
in The Scales of the Just
like the Chaff that won't Sow.
I visited the town of Račak in Kosovo shortly after the massacre which occurred there in 1999 when Albanians were executed by Serb Police Units. This action as many others in Kosovo heavily influenced the adoption of R2P by The UN General Assembly in 2005. Since that time it has been frequently disregarded, dismissed and manipulated by Council members acting in their own self-interest.
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David RL Moore
Sat 31st Aug 2024 07:45
Thank's Stephen,
I don't believe the Balkan conflicts are settled yet. I do believe that murderous ethnic cleansing will raise it's head again in Europe...It could be argued that in eastern parts of the Continent of Europe it already has.
My inclusion of the word "Panga" is to recognise the Countries of the African Continent in which horrors have occurred whilst international organisation dither and excuse their inaction, Rwanda and Sierra Leone being two I am personally familiar with. Not to mention the slaughter that persists in remote and border areas of The DR Congo.
Forgive me, that isn't poetry is it.
David RL Moore