Surpisingly bad "good news"

Fans of the drug war rejoice! The rest of us should keep quiet while our betters work things out for us.  Really, it's better if we don't have any say in the whole thing. I mean, it's complicated.

The Mexican army announced Sunday that it had captured the head of security for Sinaloa drug cartel head Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the world's most wanted men.

The suspect, who was not identified by name, was captured in the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan and will be presented to the media Monday morning, the army said.

Those of us who are LOYAL Americans would do well to ignore the creeping little doubt that rises up occasionally.  Also, someone should tell the state department about radical nut jobs like this "Fred" person. He's obviously Not To Be Trusted:

The war failed, as anyone with even a vague understanding of the world would have predicted. A war on drugs—foolish phrase—may be said to succeed if the price of drugs rises on the American street. It didn't. It won't.
Things happened that were touted as successes against the traficantes. A fair number of bosses of important cartels were killed or caught. Since Americans confuse leaders with movements and countries, this sounded like progress. Of course if, for example, you kill a leader of the “Taliban,” his second takes over within hours and all goes on as before. And if you kill the leader of a cartel, his underlings fight among themselves for the pieces, thousainds die, and law breaks down. Mexicans know this. The State Department apparently doesn't.

To which I say "harrumph," and also "pish-tosh."  Everyone knows there's no such thing as a war we can't win. Right?

I pretty sure we learned all the right lessons in the 20's, right?  If we outlaw something, people will naturally stay away from it.  Simple!