When was the last time America successfully conducted a regime change via military force? One that didn't result in a bloody civil war and hundreds of thousands dead?

> the regime will fall, the invasion will prove breezy and popular among huge fraction of $CountryInvaded

When have we not heard this line? When has it even been true?

We always hear it, it's never true.

I tend to agree with you. Venezuela is no beacon of freedom or prosperity and I think Maduro might prove even less popular than thought.