I hope succeeds, for the sake of the journalists and their families. I think it might be a good move because now the midget tyrant can release the journalists and save face. He can claim he was right all along, but released them as a sign of goodwill towards the former President.
then again, you never know what an irrational person will do
PS: I think just threatening to send the former cowboy in chief over there might be more effective.