Exhaustive review sponsored by the Pentagon finds NO link between Saddam, al Qaida

blackadder said

In the straightjacketed world of Pentagon terminology you describe, where "operational" implies "division sized units in one country or region" why would the Pentagon spend good money to contract with a think tank to pore over 600,000 documents when they already know that Al Queda has no division sized units to begin with????

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To be fair, the Pentagon isn't that straightjacketed. Dad is misrepresenting the issue. The word "operation" means more then just "divisional sized units" and it's absurd to say otherwise. It can be "a military mission with a clearly defined objective or objectives", in which case "operational" would be the adjective form "ready to operate" and "direct operational link" between Saddam and Al Qaeda would be essentially be a willingness to work together to conduct an "operation".