past few days, jake, this has been much more is this a coup or not, and was morsi a horrible leader? it s quite simply that morsi usurped his position to consolidate the brotherhood and his own power. from the very beginning, when we got rid of hosni mubarak in 2011, egyptians have maintained all along that anyone who tries to lead us, we will stand up against. this is a strong message we also send out to the military. this is not a coup. what happened in egypt is millions of egyptians, many of whom voted, but have watched him over the past year marginalize, intimidate and send into detention any opponents, basically prevent egyptians from forming the kind of institutions that we could use to stand up against him. the only avenue we had left as egyptians was the streets, and we are sending a clear message to the military today we will not allow them to return to rule. mona, there is another avenue, which is another election, you defeat president morsi.