[airborne]

This report mentions “a long standing policy” and then says that it goes “back to the Obama Administration”.

That doesn't sound long lasting to me.

[Thibodeaux]

Obama abandoned the policy and coalition in November 2014 I believe. It might have been 2013.

[Texas Fossil]

The writer works for K24, Barzani in Iraq.

She has been at this a long time. I read her stuff many years ago.

Her perspective pre-dates Obama. We have been in Iraq for a long time. (Obama pulled US out and left Iraq to the mercy of the Iranians)

She normally does not write about Syria much. But the region is plagued with interconnected problems.

[jospehm20]

It it goes back to Obama it is most assuredly stupid as hell.

[libertylover]

This report mentions “a long standing policy” and then says that it goes “back to the Obama Administration”. That doesn't sound long lasting to me.

No, but it helps explain why the old policy had so little chance of success.