What is the lesser of the two: To be ignorant of the truth, or knowledgeable in lies? A revolution occurs either when an existing system is toppled and replaced with another one, or when people who were part of a revolution lead their county in a new direction. A coup d'etat is the sudden, extra-judicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing State establishment — typically the military. The U.S. is no stranger to sponsoring coups of nations that they perceive as thorns in their push for global domination. At this point the succession of wool pooling is coming to an end, but people don't see it. Tunisia and Egypt were presented to us as people-driven revolutions, when all along, both were in fact CIA coups in the most classic of ways.