LONDON (AFP) - Total success for the US-led coalition in Iraq is not possible, former US secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger told Britain's Sky News television.
Eagleburger, who was part of the Iraq Study Group headed by his predecessor in the State Department, James Baker, was asked whether he thought victory was possible in the troubled Gulf state.
"Victory... it depends on how you talk about it. Victory in the sense of total success on our part? No, it's not possible," he replied.
"It would be a victory if most of the (Iraq Study Group) recommendations could be implemented and followed and if they lead to the results we think they will.
"Now, if you could define victory, it would be if you could establish a relatively stable Iraqi government in a reasonably stable atmosphere where the other countries in the area will have come together with us and the Iraqis, and we will have been able to sort out the differences and come up with solutions to the various problems there."
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