Rise up, says…J. Reuben Clark?
This is J. Reuben Clark of the First Presidency speaking in general conference just after World War II:
“As the crowning savagery of the war, we Americans wiped out hundreds of thousands of civilian population with the atom bomb in Japan, few if any of the ordinary civilians being any more responsible for the war than were we …. Military men are now saying that the atom bomb was a mistake. It was more than that; it was a world tragedy …. And the worst of this atomic bomb tragedy is not that not only did the people of the United States not rise up in protest against this savagery, not only did it not shock us to read of this wholesale destruction of men, women, and children, and cripples, but that it actually drew from the nation at large a general approval of this fiendish butchery.”
Civilian deaths in Hiroshima: over 140,000
Civilian deaths in Iraq: estimated as high as 97,762 (and counting)…
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:12 pm
If you’re a fan of J. Reubs, I’ve got a complimentary DVD about him around here somewhere…
December 4th, 2008 at 10:48 am
That’s so great! And refreshing! Good find.
December 5th, 2008 at 10:42 am
it sure would be amazing if some currrent leaders said something similar to this.
December 5th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
No kidding ANarchowhatever. Where’s the fire in Mormonisms leaders today? This is fresh at it was said decades ago. Where’s the outrage in the leaders of Mormonism and religion in general?
December 5th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Homeboy sure does look dapper wearing the bowtie, to be true.
December 7th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I’m so glad you put this up.