> Iran has a track record of provocations like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings

> I agree the U.S. does a lot of “unprovoked invasions.”

Sending U.S troops to intervene in a foreign civil war (1982) seems fairly provocative, along with fomenting a coup (1953), supporting a repressive regime, then harboring the illegitimate unpopular leader after he is overthrown (1979).

Nationalizing infrastructure that had been built by and at the expense of foreign countries was pretty provocative too.