Fair point, it's not certain that this will be a win for Venezuelans. But I think it probably will be. Economically it can't get much worse.

Win-win: France, Germany, Korea...

> Win-win: France, Germany, Korea

These countries don't well match those on the overthrowing-the-dictator list, which now includes Venezuela.

For Germany we defeated it's government with a crap-ton of help, after Germany had declared war on us. For France we ousted an invading foreign power (again, with a crap ton of help). For the third we were effectively partitioning the country in prep for the proxy war with the Soviet Union.

Japan is also a good example. If the US is going to marshall aid (or the equivalent) Venezuela for the next many decades then I think it'll certainly be a win-win.

Unlikely to happen though. More likely they will just engage in resource extraction. The US doesn't have the mindset of the past any longer.

I mean this kinda implies that there's a chance it could fail but failure basically is no worse than doing nothing?

Most of those examples were failed or problematic countries before and after US intervention. If there's a chance of sucess that's better than doing nothing no?

given that the US again intends to attack and conquer panama, i dont think you could consider that a win