I watched a movie called "Letters from Iwo Jima" last night. It told the story of Iwo Jima from the Japanese point of view. I have respect for the Japanese, who fought fiercely in WW 2. Japan is the only nonwhite First World nation on the planet. Their country, culture, society and values remain solidly Japanese despite a great deal of pressure to allow millions of non-Japanese into Japan-they know this will destroy their nation. Interracial and even interethnic marriage is not accepted by the vast majority of Japanese. Having said all of this, I greatly resent how the two sides were portrayed in the movie. The Japanese were seen as fierce fighters, which is accurate, but they were also portrayed as compassionate, treating a wounded American they captured. The White Americans were portrayed as bloodthirsty savages, murdering two Japanese prisoners long after they had surrendered to the Americans because the two American soldiers assigned to guard them did not want to watch them all night. It is a fact that the policy of the Japanese military was to commit as many atrocities as possible. The Bataan March and the Rape of Nanking were but two examples of their barbarity. This movie was directed by Clint Eastwood. I wonder if he would ever direct a movie from the German point of view at say, Dresden or the Battle of the Bulge? All VNNers already know the answer, and even if there were such a movie the Germans would be portrayed in as negative a light as possible.