you said it
Paul Krugman, having the same reaction I did to the US presidential candidates scrambling to make their points:
'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.'
'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.'