Define "win"

Bush's Real Sin Was Winning in Iraq
... Mr. Bush's disfavor in Washington owes more to his greatest success. Simply put, there are those who will never forgive Mr. Bush for not losing a war they had all declared unwinnable. --The Wall Street Journal

Three candidates slain ahead of Iraq polls
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Gunmen killed three Iraqi election candidates in separate incidents on Thursday, two days before Iraq holds provincial polls that will test the war-weary country's fragile democracy. --Reuters