The West would be well-advised to back off pressuring Mbeki to become involved in efforts to sanction Mugabe more harshly. It is too much to ask that the ANC provide aid and comfort to a movement in Zimbabwe that -- if assisted to power -- would then help the ANC's political foes in its own country. In fact, many South Africans believe conservatives in Washington are predisposed to eroding the influence of the ANC because of its closeness with the South African Communist Party.In the wake of the recent victory of President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe elections, African nations...