The problem with military coups is that a lot of the people who are involved in them never survive the regime they create. When you are trying to consolidate p

The problem with military coups is that a lot of the people who are involved in them never survive the regime they create. When you are trying to consolidate power as a figurehead, the first thing you do is to make sure that anyone with questionable loyalties, whether true or not, are eliminated and replace with people who are grateful to hold that position. Intelligent people know this, which is why there really aren't that many military coups, regardless of how those in the military feel about their political masters.