It is exceptionally rare to find myself nodding in agreement with Paul Krugman:

To all the presidential campaigns trying to claim that the atrocity in Pakistan somehow proves that they have the right candidate — please stop. This isn’t about you; in fact, as far as I can tell, it isn’t about America. It’s about the fact that Pakistan is a very messed-up place. This has very bad consequences for us, but it’s hard to see what, if anything, it says about US policy.

Did any candidate have the courage to come out and say, “This is a tragic and terrible event, but even if we instituted the very best foreign policy humanly possible, tragic and terrible events would still occur”?