Is it a military coup or the continuation of the Egyptian Revolution of two years ago?  These are among the questions Egypt must resolve after the Military ousted Mohammed Morsi from the presidency.

And there are reports that the head and deputy chief of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood party have also been arrested.  Morsi was last believed to be under guard in a military barracks in Cairo.

Armed Forces chief General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi went on state TV to announce that the Muslim Brotherhood-influenced constitution had been suspect, and the head of Egypt’s constitutional court would fill in as president.  Presidential and parliamentary elections would follow.

Judging by the jubilant mood of the overwhelming majority on the streets of Cairo, the military was fulfilling the will of the people.  Even though Morsi was freely and fairly elected just a year ago, his popularity quickly ebbed after November when Morsi declared himself exempt from judicial oversight. 

But after achieving political power following 80 years of hovering on the sidelines of political power, the Muslim Brotherhood is unlikely to go down quietly.  Crowds of bitter Morsi supporters sprayed gunfire into the air and promised to fight to preserve the political gains of the Muslim Brotherhood.  Translations of some of the slogans chanted include “Jihad is our destiny” and “Blood will drench all the streets of Egypt”.