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Connections: Lessons from the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan

Despite years of public promises to the contrary, American leaders were well aware of how poorly prepared Afghan security forces were. The Taliban's march across the country was essentially inevitable. What lessons can we learn from this failure?

Our guests discuss it:

  • Lyle Rubin, SIGINT marine officer who served in Afghanistan in 2010
  • Chris Missick, sergeant who served in Iraq in 2004 and 2005

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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.