In every single case, the US has picked a person who is even worse than the dictator to leader the country as an acceptable "formula for reform." In Egypt, they wanted `Umar Sulayman; and in Libya, they seem pushing for the notorious bomb plotter, Musa Kusa; and in Yemen, they seem to want the notorious Gen. `Ali Muhsin Al-Ahmar ("Ali Mohsen, as he is known, is a controversial figure with links to jihadists and smuggling rings").