They can. Theoritically...
If you occupy the government buildings and infrastacture you can overthrowbthe government and even replace it. But... Meanwhile there might be deaths. It is not necessary though... I yhonk there are examples, but i can't remember now.
i think it come to point in ANY COUNTRY whether ARMED FORCES want OPEN FIRE OWN CITIZENS n follow political chain of command. Venezuela majority armed forces are backing gov and also more foreign interference due to resources grab by foreign entities.
any DIRTY politician in any country can officially become commander-in-chief by scamming the system
Q at end becomes how long majority will tolerate or how bad living conditions becomes n catalyst event that triggers it. these things BOILS for decades in society.
As far as you can apply divide and conquer, aka make the poor people fight each other, you can rule no matter if thongs boil. Unfortunately we have seen that...
In Greece we had a military coup, backed by USA, that of course did not end well. So you can't rely on armed forces in Greece to intervene on political matters. Not at all. If someone will attempt this, will simply take the risk that the soldiets will join the opposite side. So not any country. But in Venezuela and many other countries its another story... So mostly you are right
most small countries are highly like to have foreign interference (real truth not black-white always grey)
culture n society plays big role in institutions - many small countries armed forces are not neutral or corrupt or looking to grab power - asia n africa very common also small euro countries.
Big countries also. For example in Germany someone, the USA, blew up nord stream 2. In France i believe Russians try to promote Lepen etc.
