
Because of how it went in Iraq. Unilaterally invading countries because our government is greedy for oil, even if those countries are ruled by bad men, rarely turns out well. And judging by the US’s executions of suspected drug traffickers, the wellbeing of Venezuelans would not be a priority.
Also, we install a puppet government that we can exploit for resources and they almost always consolidate power through violence. Leading to a nation that will not be democratic, and a people that will refuse to be our allies in the future. Geopolitically, it is a short term move that cascades into negative effects in the long term. It will probably make the current administration look good, but lead to problems for the people and future ones.
Like let’s be real the US does NOT actually care about authoritarianism and mistreatment of people, as shown by us being buddy buddy with Saudi Arabia and how many dictatorships we have installed or backed. I mean we were actively allied with Saddam the guy got the key to the city of Detroit in 1980. The U.S. just soured on him because of the invasion of Kuwait.
Firstly there really is not good evidence that Maduro is intentionally trying to funnel drugs or that the Venezuelan government is organizing drug trafficking in any real way. Also, the Trump admin clearly doesn’t care that much about punishing Latin American presidents who drug traffick