<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=579008" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Winners Write The History</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">That the winners write the war histories should not be the case<br>For war is a tragedy a human disgrace<br>And the losers in war see their Country destoyed<br>And the war history never written by the losing side.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Look at Oliver Cromwell victorious in war<br>The deeds of his glory from England known far<br>But those who write on Cromwell they never do tell<br>Of one who for poor people made life Earthly hell.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To the Catholics of Ireland Cromwell was a brute<br>The poor rural peasants he did persecute<br>Yet streets in his honour distant from England today<br>The winners only write the history so true what they say.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Efrain Rios Montt became President of Guatemala even though he<br>Was guilty of serious crimes against humanity<br>An old man now but for his crimes yet to pay<br>The winners write the history it's always been that way.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Augusto Pinochet in Chile has blood on his hands<br>And that he may die a free man seems hard to understand<br>And though loathed by many in Chile for his crimes of shame<br>The winners write the history and their's is the fame.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've just mentioned a few for there are many more<br>Who have committed crimes against humanity but like it has been said before<br>that the winners write the history and that's how 'twill remain<br>And the mistakes of the past are repeated again.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=579008" data-title="The Winners Write The History de Francis Duggan" data-description="That the winners write the war histories should not be the case For war is a tragedy a human disgrace And the losers in war see their Country destoyed And the war history never written by the losing side. Look at Oliver Cromwell victorious in war..."></div> </div> </div>

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