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Emily, David and Alexandra Petri discuss the Afghanistan withdrawal, with guest Annie Pforzheimer; California’s recall election; and personal pandemic ethics.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Annie Pforzheimer for the Washington Post, “Leaving Afghanistan Will Lead to Yet Another Civil War There”Annie Pforzheimer for the Washington Post, “In Afghanistan, a Summer of Pain Awaits”Annie Pforzheimer for the New York Times, “The Long Road Out of Afghanistan”Rachel Feintzeig for the Wall Street Journal: “These People Who Work From Home Have a Secret: They Have Two Jobs”Daniel Lavery’s Substack newsletter: The Chatner Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, by Alexandra PetriA Field Guide to Awkward Silences, by Alexandra PetriThe Best of Wodehouse: An AnthologyClouds, by Aristophanes Raymond Chandler: Collected StoriesThree Men In A Boat: (To Say Nothing of the Dog), by Jerome K. JeromeSolutions and Other Problems, by Allie BroshHyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms