Mr Hyde,"The argument boils down to (for the n^th time) the black soldiers who put their lives on the line during that battle have not been represented in the movie. That's where this argument arises."

Well the question I ask Mr hyde is..was Clint present there in IIworld war ? Nope. Was Spike present there during raising of the flag ? Nope. So both are going by the historical account of what happened by people who wrote it. Mind you US was a racist country back then(no voting rights for blacks, Japanese Americans were sent to prison camps). Now if the historical accounts show that there were only white folks there then you cannot really go and blame Clint for that can you ? So if he wants to chage it then as Rewire mentioned ..he needs to present those black survivors to historians and establish the facts before running his mouth for publicity and personal gain(promoting his own movie). Vietnam war came after the whole civil rights movement so of course they were forced to mention black soldiers on the same page as white folks.

Besides film making is an art, so if Mr. Eastwood want to portray only white soldiers then that is his choice. Just like nobody goes and questions why Mr. Lee only picks black subjects for his movies and not others. If this is not reverse racism then I dun know what is.