The Discourse Report: August 20, 2021

How the White House endangered Afghans, a doctor on the importance of Covid vaccines, the Current Affairs controversy, and more

Welcome to DiscRep, your guide to the public discourse. I’m Berny Belvedere (@bernybelvedere), editor in chief of Arc Digital.

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1. White House Orders for a Speedy Military Withdrawal Put Pressure on Beleaguered Afghans as the Taliban Surged by Greg Jaffe and Dan Lamothe in The Washington Post on 8/19/21

The Pentagon’s focus on pulling out U.S. forces qui…