Beyond Unreal: White House Didn't Know Gen. McChrystal's Was Ordered To Defeat The Taliban, "Is That Really What You Think Your Mission Is?"...

Speechless....

In June, McChrystal noted, he had arrived in Afghanistan and set about fulfilling his assignment. His lean face, hovering on the screen at the end of the table, was replaced by a mission statement on a PowerPoint slide: "Defeat the Taliban. Secure the Population."

"Is that really what you think your mission is?" one of the participants asked.