"In Perpetuity" is a long time

Via the fine legal blog Talk Left we learn that the White House Admits Detainees Can Be Held 'In Perpetuity'

Deputy Associate Attorney General J. Michael Wiggins told the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing today that the White House believes detainees at Guantanamo can be held "in perpetuity.

The word means, forever, or as used in a sentence by our allies in the Mossad: U.S. to Be Mired in Middle East in Perpetuity.

I just want to hear our fearless leader use the word once.

It'll probably come out as, "In puberty, that means forever..."