Maybe My Grasp of the English Language Isn't as Solid as I'd Thought

Has it really come to this? When the U.S. finds evidence that al-Qaeda tortures Iraqis with impunity...

U.S. forces raided an al-Qaida hide-out northeast of Baghdad on Sunday and freed 42 Iraqis imprisoned inside, including some who had been tortured and suffered broken bones, a senior U.S. military official said Sunday.

...this is now constitutes "good news"?

What's missing from the report: even a suggestion that members of al-Qaeda were captured or killed.

We've come a long way from flowers, chocolate and democracy, baby.