As someone originally from a country that would have benefitted from a similar intervention, I wish the U.S. were more like this.

That’s assuming Venezuela does not turn into a civil war, or the American-installed dictator will not be as bad as Maduro.

Not respecting international law?

Besides being a fiction very much supported by dictators, international law is a delusion entertained by (a) those who have never lived under a dictatorship and (b) those oblivious to the fact that their freedoms and peace depend on the protection of the world’s most powerful military.

People in Venezuela and Iran have more pressing concerns than international law.