No one should deny that what happened in Egypt was a military coup, or that forces from former President Hosni Mubarak’s regime have returned to power. But, unlike in 2011, when the few pro-Western liberals and huge numbers of urban, middle-class youth rallied against Mubarak, now the same groups support the coup, lending it a certain (democratic?) legitimacy.
没人可以否认埃及所发生的事件属于军事政变，或者来自前总统穆巴拉克政权的势力重新掌握了权力。但是，与2011年不同的是，当时极少数亲西方自由派和数量庞大的城市中产阶级年轻人群起反对穆巴拉克，而如今同一个群体支持政变，使政变具有了一定程度的（民主的？）合法性。尽管如此，这无法为民选政府被军队推翻洗地。