Links/ties and cooperation are not the same thing. Let's do a little drama here tha part of President Bush will be played by Davros, Osama played by TL, Sodamn Insane by your truely John D. Vietnam War agruement=9/11/2001 conservative=terrorist
Davros: there are links/ties between TL and John D they both are posters on IW and take conservative stances on many issues and are for the War in Iraq, John D has taken up for many conservative posters on IW. But there is no direct link to each other on the Vietnam War issue.(If you guys missed that scrap be'twix TL and I you missed a dossie)
That would be a true and accurate statement on Davros's part.
Now take it to Real Life there can be and the 9/11 commision has stated there was links/ties/meetings/conversation between Al Queda and Iraqi Intel. That does not mean they cooperated together on the attacks of 9/11. President Bush has never said there was cooperation in the attacks on 9/11. There is only one U.S. elected official that I know of that made such a statement the Junior Senator from N.Y. Sen. Hillary Clinton made the statement there not long after the attack on 9/11. (winter of 2001-2002 IIRC I forget the exact date cause well let's be honest I really don't give a rat's rear end about much of what sweet Sen. Hillary says.)