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Re:Drop Dropbox by Uhhrrr on Thursday April 10, 2014 @01:43PM (#7568259)
Eh, there's no way that Rumsfeld memo is "How to start a war". Note that the first reason depends on Saddam attacking the Kurds - not very actionable for the US!
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Re:Drop Dropbox by foobarqux on Thursday April 10, 2014 @04:28PM (#7569475)
> Eh, there's no way that Rumsfeld memo is "How to start a war

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.

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Re:Drop Dropbox by Uhhrrr on Thursday April 10, 2014 @05:51PM (#7569956)
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.

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