Carl-

I'm surprised you don't read the news. Bush's assertions of ties between Bin Laden and Osama have been discredited repeatedly. That makes sense, since Bin Laden is the most secular leader in the arab worlds, and Osama is a religious fundamentalist. Of course, those who lump all arabs together will have no problem figuring they're all the same. And since Bush repeatedly spreads the same lie, Americans who just want to kill any arab in revenge for 9/11 will gladly accept that lie.