Iraq forever

Well, they're finally saying it up front. We're never going to leave Iraq:

In an interview last night on the Charlie Rose Show, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pointedly said, “[O]ur friends in the [Middle East] need to know and the Iraqis need to know that we are not looking to leave Iraq.” “Ever?” Rose asked. Rice responded, “We are not going to leave an Iraq that is not capable of defending itself and with a foundation for future reconciliation.”

Of course, Bush may not have much to say about that after 2008. But, then again, who knows?