When The Dust Settles

Is anyone else having a difficult time trying to figure out what the hell is going on in Pakistan?

Normally I can kinda sorta get a read on a situation by following trends in the narrative (common truths tend to stand out, intended or otherwise, if you pay close enough attention to enough sources) but everyone is so all over the map here that I can't get a baseline.

The whole thing feels rotten to the core.

UPDATE: al-Qaeda not taking credit for acts of murder and mayhem? That's a first.