Comment by ethbr1

Headscratching is not an international consequence.

"Right" rarely matters in geopolitics.

What matters is who opposes a course of action, and how far they're willing to go in their opposition.

Is China or the UK going to insist that former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández be prosecuted on drug crimes? If not, then the US is realpolitik free to do what it wants.

Similarly with Maduro. Who's going to support him? And how far are they prepared to go?