For Obama, it’s especially not good now to have the Washington Post pointing out that he has no effective strategy yet. What’s next the New York Times and the NATION say he’s not pro-free enterprise?
The WaPo editorial board is controlled by the NeoCons, and they are always critical of Obama's foreign policy. In this particular case, it is well established that the NeoCons want to re-invade Iraq and have a second chance at "establishing a democracy at the point of a gun"
The editorial uses these phrases "unlikely consensus" and "some on both the left and right" to imply the Liberal Interventionist democrats have now swung to supporting the NeoCons desire to re-invade. The editorial also uses anonymous sources to imply that the US military wants to re-invade.
You say that he(Obama) has no strategy but the editorial criticizes Obama's two-fold strategy first in Iraq and second in Syria.
The editorial is critical of the new Iraqi Interior minister, Ghabbon, because he was/is head of a shia group that has ties to the Iran govt.
The Iraq govt that Bush/NeoCons set up and fought for has failed and the NeoCons want to re-invade and have a do-over.