Who lost Iraq?

June 24, 2014 9:00 AM

IRAQ-CONFLICT — Iraqi Turkmen attend the funeral of some of their comrades who were reportedly killed during fightings against Jihadist militants who have taken over several northern Iraqi cities on June 23, 2014 in the Iraqi village of Taza Khormato, 20 kilometers south of the city of Kirkuk. Sunni Arab militants hold a string of towns and surrounding areas west and south of the the ethnically mixed oil city of Kirkuk.
MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images

With all eyes on Iraq in recent weeks, we look at the politics of "winning" and "losing" in foreign policy.

"Americans love keeping score," writes Aaron David Miller in Foreign Policy. We love lists, ranking presidents, and Top 10s in just about every category. And we particularly love trying to figure out who won and lost thing."

But when it comes to foreign policy, Miller argues, things just aren't so clean cut. In fact, Iraq was unwinnable from day one.

Miller, author of the forthcoming book "The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President,"joins The Daily Circuit to discuss his view.

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