I'll be honest, this one came out of left (he he pun) field for me. Maduro is a commie piece of shit and good riddance.
Yeah, the data was there it was expected just not expected in this specific execution. The world is no longer used to seeing a operation of this level happening quickly and without any allied losses.
This was a big "Fuck you we are murica" to the rest of the world and the rest of the world is extremely pissed off (even our 'allies').
I seriously thought Trump would invade Venezuela this year, not just snatch Maduro. I do happen to like "fuck you, we are 'murica". It keeps the rest of the ball of mud on it's toes.
The "Liberal economic order" is dead and should have died 40+ years ago. It is what people are usually thinking about when others talk about the "new world order". It has been a massive failure and extremely toxic specifically to western (White) nations.
Well, we did invade. The country is now under us control. The details are limited at the time though.