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

champ76 said

Sometimes it all boils down to what the meaning of is, is. :hihi: I suspect the report will explain what it means by "operational links" and may even refer to the "non-operational" ones. We should wait and see.

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To that end I think DD (with assist from BD) might be right -- this is specific wording that is 100% meant to imply that there is no link, so that people assume there is 100% no link, but also covering their own arses in case there is *some* link that is later revealed. It's legalese, a way to skirt the system with language.

Odd that legalese gains popularity as one's interests are affected positively, and is considered disdainful when one's interests are affected negatively (loopholes for taxes, Clinton's "definition of 'is' is" and definition of sex with ML, and now "operational"). :scratch:

Course between taking a short break betweeen typing this and previewing it the thread explodes for hundreds of posts, so if it was mentioned, mea culpa.