[vbmoneyspender]

His point is that the Republican Guard is roughly equivalent to the SS. The Republican Guard were the shock troops of the Baathist regime.

[kissmyconservativebutt]

Don't even bother talking to her. Have had to deal with her on another thread. She, unlike Cheney, is a chicken hawk.

[Keith]

No, that was a creation of the media. The "Elite Republican Guard" was never elite. The Iraqi version of the SS is the Fedayeen...belonging to Saddam's boyz...

But we iced most of them in their Toyota pickups in the initial campaign...

[Polybius]

His point is that the Republican Guard is roughly equivalent to the SS. The Republican Guard were the shock troops of the Baathist regime.

The Republican Guards were the only Iraqi military units worthy of the name. The rest were conscript cannon fodder.

For the ideological equivalent of the SS, you would have to go to the Fedayeen Saddam (Saddam's "Men of Sacrifice").