Egypt Crisis: Was the Morsi Ouster a ‘Coup’?
Armored personnel carriers in Cairo on Wednesday. (Photo: Jeremy Bowen/BBC/Twitpic)
The word ‘coup’ has not been used by the US State Department, and journalists have been reluctant to use it as well.
Anchor Marco Werman talks with Marc Lynch, professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, about whether events in Egypt amounted to a coup d’etat, or not.
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