BRITISH ARMY LEAVES NORTHERN IRELAND - 38 YEARS LATER

NYTIMES/REUTERS:

The army watchtowers have gone and British soldiers no longer search homes looking for wanted men but for many in Northern Ireland's border towns the trauma of conflict still burns.

The British army ends on Tuesday its 38-year role supporting police in Northern Ireland, its longest ever military operation.

They stayed for as long as it took.

We did the same elsewhere - and are still on the watch in in Germany and Japan and South Korea. And it's a good thing considering that Putin is threatening trouble for Europe and Kim is making trouble for South Korea and Japan.

Staying until the JOB IS DONE. It's the RIGHT thing to do.

The Brit's did. We've done it before. And are still doing it.

Which is why we mustn't bug out of Iraq. It would be the WRONG thing to do.