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If you read the context of the quote, I think Governor Dean meant to say, "Saddam Hussein" and instead accidentally said "Osama Bin Ladin."

But the thing that really bothered me the most, which the 9-11 Commission said also wasn't true, is the insinuation that the president continues to make to this day that Osama bin Laden had something to do with supporting terrorists that attacked the United States. That is false. The 9-11 Commission, chaired by a Republican, said it was false. Is it wrong to send people to war without telling them the truth. And the truth was Osama bin Laden was a very bad person who was doing terrible things, but that Iraq was never a threat to the United States.

While I disagree with Gov. Dean here (anyone who tries to kill our President, as Hussein did, and harbors terrorists, as Hussein did, is a threat to America), I think he probably just got his names mixed up.