What Happens if Karzai gets Killed?

By Mark Benjamin | July 27, 2011 | +

What happens if this guy gets killed?

President Hamid Karzai addresses Afghan nationals during a conference held outside Provincial Gov. Abdul Karim Barahawi's compound in Zaranj, Nimroz province, Afghanistan, April 13, 2011. Karzai, the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, held the conference to meet with local authorities and tribal members. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mallory VanderSchans/Released)

It’s creepy pontificating about somebody’s possible assassination, but you’ve got to wonder how Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai sleeps at night. Sadly, you also have to wonder what kind of chaos might follow if he got killed.

The mayor of Kandahar is dead. News reports say he died after a suicide bomber hid an explosive in his turban, which is way creepy also.

This comes less than two weeks after the assassination of Karzai’s half-brother who governed southern Afghanistan, Ahmed Wali Karzai. Makes you wonder.

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