Ha, benevolent US defending itself!
Exhibit A - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A...
Exhibit A - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A...
> the US was doing something it didn't need to do in order to defend itself
Note the negation.