The Post’s View  The unfulfilled promise of Meles Zenawi  THE
PARADOX OF Meles Zenawi, the prime minister of Ethiopia who died
Monday at 57, was that he might have been so much more. A friend
who knew him for two decades recalled that he was sharp,
articulate, well-read and a patient listener. When President
Bill Clinton visited Africa in 1998, he singled out Mr. Meles as
an example of the African renaissance, a new generation of
leaders.  Beyond a doubt, Mr. Meles, who ruled Ethiopia for 21
years, managed to elevate the nation of 75 million people into a
regional economic and political power. Although most of the
population is still desperately poor, Ethiopia has attracted
foreign investment and built a middle class with an
authoritarian, state-driven capitalism based loosely on China’s
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