'Enduring' vs. 'Permanent' Agreement-Long-Term Pact with Iraq Raises Questions

[kpete]

A 'Declaration of Principles'
Following is the text of the "Declaration of Principles" between Iraq and the United States, issued by the White House on Nov. 26, 2007.
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Long-Term Pact with Iraq Raises Questions
by Guy Raz

'Enduring' vs. 'Permanent' Agreement

Any such agreement would be considered a treaty by many legal experts. And under the U.S. Constitution, treaties have to be ratified by Congress.

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But according to Kurt Campbell — a top Pentagon official during the 1990s and now the head of the Center for a New American Security — there are also ways around that.

"While no one will say anything about permanent bases, (there are) lots of ways to create the potential for bases to be in Iraq for decades to come," he says.

So White House and Pentagon lawyers may opt to use adjectives like "enduring" or "continuing" instead of the word "permanent" when they announce the final agreement.

And to Campbell, the agreement is an attempt, "in the last days of the Bush administration, to hand a new administration a done deal."


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[sam sarrha]

1. usually a foot on the back of their neck is enough to make them sign, "In Perpetuity", i wonder why

W is wimp'n out, this will really piss off Chaney he wants it all and FOREVER.!!!