It literally says "How start", but does not literally say "how to start". "How start" could also be "How [would it] start". Don't let MSNBC do your thinking for you!
>Arming and supporting the Kurds to conduct instigating attacks or incursions is just one way.
Then it would have said something like: "Kurds provoke", not "Saddam attacks". In any event, we wouldn't have stepped in just based on a Kurd attack. The response would still be dependent upon Saddam.
It literally says "How start" meaning "how [to] start [Iraq war]".
> Note that the first reason depends on Saddam attacking the Kurds - not very actionable for the US!
Sure it is. Arming and supporting the Kurds to conduct instigating attacks or incursions is just one way.