Winnning the Peace is the story of an Iraqi American Marine on a personal crusade to redeem his place of birth. Following Aristotle's rule of thumb that tragedy must befall noble men, our hero believes strongly in America's mission in Iraq. His actions around his men belie a deeper belief in the righteousness of his duties beyond professional soldiering.

Ultimately our hero's moral imperative to torment the wicked and save the aggreived proves untenable. He fails and as we watch him, his failure is our failure, the failure of our belief in brutality as a means to an end. He must confront the reality of this "good war" and in his despair we recognize our tragic bind in the Middle East.