President Obama Announces the End of Combat Operations in #Iraq (August 31, 2010)

Perhaps the most fateful decision of the Obama presidency, now playing out for the history books across the Middle East.

Here's the White House video on YouTube, from August 31, 2010, "The End of the Combat Mission in Iraq."

Here's the contemporaneous Fox News report, "Obama Marks End of U.S. Combat Mission in Iraq, Salutes Bush."

And ICYMI from the other day, Max Boot, at the Wall Street Journal, puts the missed opportunity for lasting stability in perspective, "Obama's Tragic Iraq Withdrawal."

And this Sky News video, just weeks before Obama's Oval Office address, provides some historical perspective on the decision. Former Ambassador John Bolton's comments are eerily prescient: