In other words -
"Isn't it terrific all those kids got killed? It was like a gift from heaven. We've never had a better crises to exploit!
High five everyone. Open that champagne. Let's party! Wooo hoooo!"
If you recall, shortly after the twin towers came down on 9/11 Chris Mathews said it was too bad that Bill Clinton did not have this kind of tragedy when he was Present Resident so he would have an opportunity to show how good of a pResident he could have been.