[JieJie]

There is considerable proof in the public record for just such a belief.

"The logic of humanitarian military intervention gained force in the 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union, “the unipolar moment” of American dominance, and after the Sept. 11 attacks, when it became increasingly common among conservatives to tie national security to democracy promotion abroad."*

*https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/opinion/biden-afghanistan...

[locallost]

Is that proof or just an opinion? My opinion is that it's just different rhetoric to justify military action as the Boogeyman of communism was no longer there. Again, an opinion.