Don't Get Your Hopes Up

Whenever I read that the US has captured some high-ranking Al Qaeda leader, I become optimistic that fresh off his capture, we will have a sudden round of victories in the War on Terror. Whatever else may happen, the news that the US may be holding Mustafa Setmarian Nasar should not prompt this type of optimism. I say this not because I am a pessimist, but only because he was apparently captured in Pakistan in November. Thus, whatever quick actions that may have followed from his capture have already occurred.

Oh well.

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