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> Iran has a track record of provocations like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barra
by oa335 7mo ago
> Iran has a track record of provocations like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings 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).
- rayiner 7mo agoNationalizing infrastructure that had been built by and at the expense of foreign countries was pretty provocative too.