and most Americans who have any grasp of history and nuance know that not every action undertaken by the United States was successful, or necessary, and that there were disastrous operations and even whole wars that happened during the Cold War and we are still dealing with the blowback today.
it's a foolish American who looks at the end result, the fall of the Soviet Union, and retroactively justifies everything that has happened and retroactively grafts success onto every operation, battle, or policy.
I never claimed that every military action the United States had ever taken was the right one. The United States has made mistakes in nearly every war that it has ever been involved in. I simply stated that overall US strategy during the Cold War which involved heavy US military intervention and engagement around the world was the right strategy and proved to be very successful.
Since the end of the Cold War, both the Clinton and Bush administrations have shown that US military intervention around the world is still needed to protect US and global security as the world continues to grow more interdependent.