Saw a thread speculating along those lines https://twitter.com/NotWoofers/status/1499513760922406917 holding back to prove they can do it with ground forces, trying to minimize civilian casualties, or maybe sending in the junk first to flush out where defenses are
Basically they didn’t recognize it as a coup and helped stall efforts to recognize it as such. They then provided millions in military aid over the following years. Depending how far back you want to go some of those guys were trained at school for the americas. There was a disconnect between the public/private response. My memories a little hazy it’s one of those things that was in wikileaks
https://twitter.com/resistance_sa/status/1513232620397764611