>Saddam was painted as the leader harboring terrorists and aiding public enemy number one, Osama Bin Laden and his then suddenly sprung into public attention group called Al Qaeda.
I believe this was debunked before the war started, as was WMD's (remember Hanz Blix).
The claim that Hussein had any relation to 9/11 is inauthentic, even Bush himself eventually admitted such. He still used Hussein's nonexistent connection to put Iraq in the "Axis of Evil" though.
I believe this was debunked before the war started, as was WMD's (remember Hanz Blix).