He said that Mugabe was ultimately to blame for what he described as "state-sponsored violence".
During this time up to half a million people were killed in state-sponsored violence.
Their purpose is to inure us to such state-sponsored violence against foreigners.
While he may be open to criticism on other issues, in the matter of state-sponsored violence he is consistently nonviolent.
It must take action to end state-sponsored violence.
The use of state-sponsored violence against the union was widespread.
The campaign of state-sponsored violence is not limited to the opposition leaders in Zimbabwe.
Santiago Atitlán was the site of considerable state-sponsored violence during the country's civil war.
The government will then respond with more state-sponsored violence, perhaps without even admitting that this violence is being perpetrated by the state.
What the Salvadoran experience demonstrates is that there is no substitute for a people coming to terms itself with a painful period of state-sponsored violence.