However, these three fusion centers are there for the benefit of Pakistani security forces. American intel specialists at these facilities supply their Pakistani counterparts with information (from U.S. satellites, UAVs and other sources) that will assist Pakistani troops in their fight against Islamic terrorists in the tribal territories and Baluchistan. The three centers are also used to coordinate American, Afghan and Pakistani military operations along the border.
So closing them down will mean more dead Pakistanis, basically. Yet somehow that made perfect sense to the Pakistanis as a means of getting back at us.
Remember this episode the next time you tell yourself that Country X would never do something because it doesn't make sense and would just hurt them. What you mean is that we (probably) wouldn't do it in their shoes because it doesn't make sense to us. Ultimately, knowing what makes sense to "them" is another story altogether.
Mirror imaging is a dangerous thing. Count ourselves lucky when it just gets the other guys killed.
