Katyn

If the New York times is to be believed, currently 78% of people (over 27,000 votes) believe that "Katyn" should be awarded "best foreign film" at the upcoming Oscars. Not bad, considering the film just made its first showing outside of Poland.

I have seen the film, and despite my nit-picking critique, I still feel that it is a powerful and well-told story. I have not seen the other films which were nominated, but I am certain of this: the story of Katyn is one which the world must hear.

The story of Katyn is also one which AMERICANS must hear, because the United States helped to cover up the infamous Katyn massacre.

That is right: over 15,000 of a nation's brightest professors, doctors, politicians, and military officers are shot in the back of the head and thrown in a ditch, and the heroic United States plays a hand in the cover-up, if only to avoid ruffling the feathers of Uncle-Joe Stalin.

The United States certainly was the hero of the Second World War... which makes it even more painful to know that they betrayed their fourth biggest ally, and the only ally to fight against the full face of evil during the war.

So as soon as you get a chance, see Katyn: it will broaden your perspective of what really happened during the great calamity of the 20th century. There certainly was a holocaust, and not only Jews were being targeted...