Karzai says ixnay to power-sharing

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai appears to be playing hardball with opponent Abdullah Abdullah, and ultimately with the United States, before that country's runoff election. Since United Nations inspectors found vote fraud but didn't say who acted fraudulently, Abdullah is right to want some people removed.

That said, is Karzai in too weak a position to bargain, as the story claims? Interesting. And not unlikely.