So we have the tragedy of the Malaysian Airlines plane being shot down and we have the new eruptions of war betwixt Hamas and Israel. I don't have a lot to say about either, though I will direct you to Fred Kaplan, who feels that it's foolish for Israel to send ground troops into Gaza.
The airplane disaster reminds one of Pan Am Flight 103 which was destroyed by a terrorist bomb in 1988. I don't recall any American politicians or pundits using that to try and score points against then-prez Ronald Reagan but I guess everything bad that happens is now Obama's fault.