Coups Can Be Democratic
From the Blog iabhopal Coups can be considered democratic if they are carried out in certain circumstances and by people approved by Washington. Otherwise, forget it. But let’s not forget the definition of the word ‘coup’ (as if any citizen of Pakistan could do that). It is “a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.” While Pakistan hasn’t had any violent coups, those that took place were, even if well-intentioned and popular, undeniably sudden and illegal. On July 13, 2013 the Egyptian army carried out a coup against the elected government of its country and US President Obama said he was “deeply concerned” by the military’s overthrow of President Morsi and suspension of Egypt’s constitution. Quite right, too, because there was without doubt violent and illegal seizure of popakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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