FULL INTERVIEW - Understanding Afghanistan with Laszlo Palko 2 Tour Veteran (LIFE WORKS/Mark Botros)
Channel: Mark Botros
Date: 2021-08-20

Would you like to better understand the whole Afghanistan situation from someone who was actually on the ground?

If you have questions about Afghanistan, and why it such a big deal right now, this is the video for you.

In this interview we discuss:

* The decision of the Biden Administration to pull out of Afghanistan with a veteran of the war 
* A history lesson on what motivated the United States, and its allies to go into Afghanistan in the first place, 
* What the US/Allies objectives were
* What it was really like to be there from someone who was actually on the ground working directly with the Afghan people 
* What the implications are of the United States and allies pulling out at this point
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On April 13, 2021, the Washington Post reported that the Biden Administration had decided to pull US troops out of Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of fighting, spending 1 Trillions, and losing over 2,312 American lives. 

Laszlo Palko is a veteran of two tours in Afghanistan,
After his support of he later earned a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Harvard University, where he also did an internship with the late Senator John McCain’s office. Laszlo now serves as the City Manager for Manassas Park, Virginia, a suburb of Washington DC. In this interview we’ll learn from a real-live veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom about what it was like to be on the ground in Afghanistan, why we were there, and what the impact is of us pulling out after 20 years.