For obvious reasons.
Via NRO:
President Obama’s spokesman struggled a bit when asked to identify foreign policy achievements that former secretary of state Hillary Clinton played a role in accomplishing, first panning the question as a “pop quiz” and then settling on an answer that highlights Iraq even as “Al Qaeda-inspired militants” who call themselves the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIL) have attacked a major city in the the country.
“It feels a little like a pop quiz, but I’ve got a couple ideas,” White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest told replied when asked to name the accomplishments, before saying that Obama and Clinton succeeded in “ending the war in Iraq, responsibly winding down the war in Afghanistan,” in addition to “the success of our efforts to dismantle and destroy Al Qaeda core.”
The Iraq answer is a bit awkward for Earnest, though, as extremists have taken control of Mosul, Iraq. “The whole of Mosul collapsed today. We’ve fled our homes and neighborhoods, and we’re looking for God’s mercy,” said Mahmoud Al Taie, a dentist, according to the Wall Street Journal. “We are waiting to die.”