The subsequent element influencing the opinion of the military on being for or against the revolution towards the regime is governed by the regime/state itself. Primarily, the regimes treatment of the military in respect to economic and social factors like provision of equipment, abundant remuneration, intrusion in military's internal matters, apposite use of the forces and the projected public image of the military momentarily influences the military's outlook of the regime. As aforementioned, the military is comprehensively influenced by the stance of the General and thus his view of the regime in regards to its popularity and public support is a viable indicator of the military's stance. The regimes in-apposite use of military powers during revolutions often leads to internal antagonism towards the regime thus tending to be in favor of the revolution (Mazarr, 1994).
Discretely from the internal and governing factors, the military is profoundly influenced by the society as it itself is constituted of the members of the society. The disposition of the revolution is a major influence as large and diversified opposition is portend of the severity of revolution. A revolution backed by broad based societal support is likely to lead to the military being influenced towards the revolution. Fraternization of the militaries accomplices by the revolutionaries in peaceful modus is a popular insurgent tactic used by opposition in revolutions (Skocpol, 1988).
Other than the various factors present internally i.e. within the country, the militaries are also clouted by external forces like foreign intervention. A realistic potential for foreign intervention is likely to strain the military from action (Weeks, 2002). The trepidation of revolution spreading i.e. revolution diffusion is likely to lead the forces to support the revolution dreading to be overthrown, an example of which could be the "domino effect " or the so called "civilization effect " in Egypt that forced world powers to adjust the shortsightedness of their ideological lenses after failure to predict or cope with the turmoil in the Arab World and other regions (Radwan, 2011).
