In Cold war we fought to stop USSR from spreading communism ideology all over the world. Don't forget most African countries were socialism countries and well connected to and supported by USSR during 1960s and 1970s. The entire Egyptian army were equipped with USSR arms. The cold war is the war of capitalism against communism. USSR were aggressive in spreading communism ideology. US played defense to stop them. But cold war is not about democracy against dictatorship, as capitalism camp had many dictatorship countries too. Spain and Portugal in Europe, south korea, Taiwan, south Vietnam, Philippines in Asia Chile and most south American countries with military governments. They were dictatorship, but they also support capitalism and against communism. Under the dictator Pinochet's leadership and with help of Chicago school of economics, Chile achieved so called Chile Miracle in economy.
During cold war, many dictators fought communism, defended capitalism. They were US allies. That's the facts. Now D control MSM. MSM propaganda micharacterized cold war for the purpose of their agenda.