First Nice, Then Turkey, The onslaught begins, Richard Fernandez writes at the Belmont Club:

The New York Times reported that readers were becoming depressed by the recent spate of violent news headlines. They had expected Hope and Change, the Arab Spring, the Reset and a World without Nuclear Weapons would bring great things. They laughed at every warning to their perfect world. Who’s laughing now?

Not many, but I know someone who probably won’t let this crisis go to waste, to coin a phrase.