Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader was pleased to hear from Dr. Rusty that Italian hostage Guiliana Sgrena has been released.

Your Maximum Leader doesn’t have any doubt that Ms. Sgrena’s politics helped win her release. Although he wouldn’t go so far as to say that she staged her own abduction. Some of the other theories concerning her abduction seem plausible, but without having more facts your Maximum Leader will not pass judgement.

We can only hope that other hostages meet with a similar happy fate.

Carry on.