> 'this is how we get military coups' Well, in the past there were quite a long chain of military coups supported by the US, specially here in Latin America in

> 'this is how we get military coups' Well, in the past there were quite a long chain of military coups supported by the US, specially here in Latin America in the 60s and 70s, and generally this was supported (and orchestrated) by the high-ranking military officers of these countries, to summarize I think that your thinking is flawed, just because you have a couple of soldiers following orders does not mean that the military will necessarily defend the government in the case of a coup, even in these days the powerful (secular supporting) military of Turkey is feared by the (religious inspired) ruling party. For me, a coups generally occurs when there are so much partisanship in a country that even the high-ranking officials are supporting one side.