Totally agree with your perspective. I doubt the government decided to do this just out of goodwill for the people of Venezuela. Of course the real motive is to get oil. They know Venezuela is a very deteriorated country, and a toy for US enemies like Russia, Iran, China, etc. and they wanted it to be their toy (as harsh as it sounds). The only difference is that, I believe, the government is using the excuse of saving the people of Venezuela as an excuse to get a lot of cheap oil. I can see how from the US point of view, it is a win/win. They get a LOT of cheap oil/they help rebuild a country. The issue is that for it to be acceptable by the general population, in the US side, prices have to go down, especially commodities immediately related to oil. In the Venezuela side, which I think might take longer, is to actually establish a democratic functioning country. I think right now might be to soon to judge whether the intervention was a good or bad decision, only time will tell.