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It's still the military ignoring, which in effect deposes. the legal civilian government. It could be nonviolent but that'd require the whole military (and in t
by rtkwe 6y ago
It's still the military ignoring, which in effect deposes. the legal civilian government. It could be nonviolent but that'd require the whole military (and in the US probably the National Guard of each state) to go along with it. A coup is just "a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government." invading another country without orders from the President definitely satisfies 2 of those conditions regardless of how smoothly it goes inside the country.
- thaumasiotes 6y ago> A coup is just "a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government." invading another country without orders from the President definitely satisfies 2 of those conditions regardless of how smoothly it goes inside the country. It may be violent and illegal, but it fails the key criterion of being a seizure of power from the government. The government remains in power.
- rtkwe 6y agoOnly partially, one of the principal powers of the government is making war. That power is seized in this scenario.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoNonsense. By your definitions, anyone committing any crime has accomplished a coup. A coup is deposing the government and installing yourself in its place. That's what "seizing power" means here.
- rtkwe 6y agoI'm willing to say there's a distinction in kind between a person committing a crime and the entire military going on an adventure without authorization.