Military Coups

[Azunite]

Coup d'état is the official name, meaning "a strike/blow against the state".

I don't want to waste time discussing about it's history, we all know Julius Caesar was a victim of a military coup, Napoleon took the country over with a coup, some South American and African countries are having military coups every 5 years, etc.

Now, the question:
Are military coups a just way to change the government, to change the country?

Some say it brings order when there is civil strife, others say it is a killing blow to democracy when the military runs the business in the country.

For example, by 1980 people were openly beaten and shot in the streets, Communists vs Capitalists. It was so vicious that the common folk simply didn't go outside, and the streets were filled by Communist and Capitalist gangs who openly shot each other. In universities, students simply raided the other side's classrom to grab few, well, victims, and dragged them outside to beat them.

I say the 1980's Coup in Turkey was just, after all it stopped the civil strife and brought order. For years, a president couldn't be elected because of the problems and the coup was a solution for it. Well, like I said, others say that it is a blow to democracy, it is against all rights, etc.

Now, your opinions about it.

[Bones]

I think that when you judge a coup, you really need to know the context surrounding it, and even when you have a firm grasp of it, it is still not as black and white as you suggest. You could use Libya as an example. While not so much as a coup than a residential uprising, it was justifiable that the people no longer want to be ruled by a vengeful dictator. However, now that the fight is over, the country is in an even worse state then it originally was, and not much is being done about it. The military is in full control and that is that. It is an example of both a justifiable coup and a blow to democracy, which is what it was originally all about. It all really depends.

(Also, just a comment on coups' being against democracy. Why would that matter if the democracy in charge has failed the country and it's people? Democracy does not always mean fairness. As long as the country is being run by the people, even if it does not fit our views of democracy, and it is fair for everyone involved, than who are we to say that it is not right or acceptable?)