Taking Meetings With a Murderer

By Michael Gerson (THE WASHINGTON POST, 17/06/09): Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is attempting something rare and difficult — sharing power with the man who tried to murder him. Every Monday morning, Tsvangirai conducts public business across the table from Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s president, founder and oppressor. During a recent interview in Washington, Tsvangirai told me that the 85-year-old Mugabe “is someone who can be charming when he wants. I am on guard when he becom