Like other dictators in their political death throes – former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Libya’s Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, for example – Saleh has warned of the dangers the world would face if he is forced to depart: the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Qaeda attacks, Iranian regional hegemony, and the breakup of Yemen.Après moi le déluge seems to be the sole justification he can offer for his continued rule.