Permanent bases in Iraq: ILLEGAL

Liberal Oasis:

Overlooked in the congressional cave-in to Dubya on a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq is that the final bill (H.R. 2206) kept in a flat ban on funding permanent bases...

..They've never explicitly talked about staying in Iraq permanently. And now they really can't, because it's unequivocally against the law...

...The candidate that actually takes the permanent bases law seriously, takes the lead on oversight, and forcefully challenges the foreign policy objective of permanent occupation, will make a strong impression.

I think the key word here is forcefully.