Re: I just don’t get it…
I think it is pretty simple. There was no way that we could have kept Davis. The government, both federal and Punjab, was trying to find a way out. Then Saudi interference made it happen.
But from that episode ISI learned of covert activities of CIA, which it was not aware of. Hence it is using the latest drone attack as an excuse to give the US the message that Pak army is now unwilling to allow CIA unhindered privileges in Pak.
In other words…
Pak army was annoyed by this Raymond character’s activities, but it had no choice but to let him go. However this episode has made the army make Americans realize that rules of game have to be changed now. And the public condemnation by the army chief himself is a way to send the message.