Ted Spain is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and commanded a brigade during the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. He is the co-author of the book “Breaking Iraq – The Ten Mistakes That Broke Iraq." https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/ret-col-ted-spain/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Ret. Col. Ted Spain https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/02/a-retired-u-s-colonel-on-syria-and-iraq https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/02/a-retired-u-s-colonel-on-syria-and-iraq As one of the brigade commanders who led thousands of soldiers during the invasion and first year of the occupation of Iraq in 2003-2004, it’s not clear to me what the legitimate U.S. military objective would be in any type of military attack on Syria.