Hence the term is grey. If the “elected” leader used illegal means to get there, it is debatable whether replacing them with the person the constitution appoints in such a case is “illegal”.
“So who convinced coup leader Leopoldo Lopez to hide in the Chilean embassy and his little band of 25 military defectors to flee to Brazil’s after just 12 hours of failure upon miserable “
Max Blumenthal
Americans’ forebears had to fight desperately to win their own liberty from colonial England. That’s why that freedom is so valued by their descendants. If the US steps in and wins freedom for others, they won’t appreciate what was won FOR them. Help THEM win THEIR OWN freedom. But don’t win it for them.