Yes, the biggest mass-murderer since Pol Pot has been captured, and is likely to face harsh judgment at the hands of those he once oppressed. Millions are now freed from the fear that someday, somehow, the tyrant will return and the reign of terror will begin anew. And the nation he once did his best to pillage, maim, and destroy now takes another step on its way to becoming an actual democracy -- the first such in the Arab world, but hopefully not the last.

Naturally, this must somehow be construed as bad news.