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human
Regarding Egypt...Can what's currently happening truly be called a coup d'etat?

There's been some ambiguity in the news coming out of Cairo, but from what I've read, two things stick out:

* The military appeared to set clear guidelines to Morsi and his party in the lead up to today.
* The military appears to be acting on behalf of, at the very least, a plurality of the Egyptian people.

If Morsi knew that the military was going to act, and that millions of Egyptian citizens were demanding a fairer balance of power, can what's happening in Egypt really be called a coup d'etat?
gpt
Yes it is. It's a military coup.

All a coup is is the sudden deposition of a government. It does not mean they have to take over control of the government.

It does not have to be a takeover by a minority against the will of a majority.