There is too much discussion on whether what took place in Egypt on June 30 was a coup or a revolution. The ongoing debate is now moot. In retrospect, we can now describe the army only as an enabler. The alienation of Mohammed Morsi's regime of a wide sector of the Egyptian population suggested that while he was a legally elected president, his presidency lost during his tenure much of its legitimacy as opposition grew even from a substantial number of those who voted for him. It is now clear that they voted for him because he was opposite Ahmad Shafik, the last prime minister of former President Hosni Mubarak's regime.
At the outset, a major sector of the international community treated the overthrow of Morsi as a “coup.” Now, more countries who at the beginning were reluctant to recognize the new regime — such as the United States and the European Union — are acknowledging the legitimacy of the changes — albeit with an expectation that the new elections will take place in as short a time as possible.
