Liverandbacon

Pakistan really isn't the sort of fundie Islamic state most other countries are; there's still a lot of people there with their heads screwed on tight. There's still a strong anti-US sentiment though, partly due to Iraq/Afghanistan, partly due to the drone strikes. The media there imagines some sort of an overarching plot by the intelligence agencies of India, Israel and the US trying to break up Pakistan.

The thing about the Davis situation is that people wanted him hanged - he fits the exact bill they were all talking about, a white American CIA operative spying on Pakistan and who willingly murdered two Pakistani citizens. People want a proper hanging for him, not a blood money solution (which he may not have gotten away with had he killed somebody from a higher level of the social hierarchy). That the US is pulling all stops to protect him further validates their claim that the US is ready to protect CIA murderers operating in Pakistan.