Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

There is a journalist named Paul Szoldra who just wrote an article about how The Afghanistan Papers, which were published in the Washington Post in December, is being made into a documentary film, and it is going to involve Steven Spielberg. Paul is a contributing author to Task and Purpose, a military affairs website, and he is a former Marine infantryman. So, after having read his article, I decided to write to him about My Stretch of Texas Ground, and this is what I wrote:

Paul, in light of your recent article about the documentary in the works about the fiasco that the Afghanistan War has been, I thought you might be interested to know that there is an anti-war movie that I wrote and produced, a feature film, called My Stretch of Texas Ground. It deals with the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and more, and it makes a strong statement about the disasters these wars have been, and it is now streaming on Amazon. 

https://www.amazon.com/Stretch-Texas-Ground-Jeff-Weber/dp/B07RP4C92H/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2?crid=2JOQQC9ZKFRAT&keywords=my+stretch+of+texas+ground&qid=1558243028&s=gateway&sprefix=My+Stretch+of%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-2-fkmrnull  

The film has been winning awards abundantly at film festivals, and you can see some of the laurels we have won on our website. 

https://mystretchoftexasground.com

This film has a task and purpose, and it is to enlighten people about how devastating and catastrophic these wars have been as it entertains them with a gripping thriller. I am an older man. I will be 70 on my next birthday, and I lived through the Vietnam War. When the student deferments were cancelled, I avoided being drafted only because I drew a high number in the lottery based on my date of birth. But, I had a close friend, who lived in the same dormitory that I did at UCLA, who got yanked out of college by the draft, and he got killed in Vietnam. He was going to be an architect. 

After the Vietnam War, I firmly believed that the American people would never let the politicians drag us into another such war again. But, I was wrong. Enough time had passed by the 2000s that they were able to do it. But, what about this time? By which I mean,:what about next time? Are the American people going to let the politicians do it to us yet again? 

I certainly hope not, but I wanted to do more than hope, and that is why I made this movie.

So, I hope you'll watch it, and I thank you for reading this.  

Ralph Cinque