More Ground Troops in Iraq?, Holder on Ferguson: ‘Change is Coming,’ Redskins Debate Continues: P.M. Links

Get ready for
even more troops on the ground in Iraq, because military
officials are “weighing the possibility.”
“Change
is coming,” says Attorney General Eric Holder, who is meeting
with Missouri college students in the wake of the death of Mike
Brown and the subsequent protests in Ferguson. Nobody knows exactly
how many people are killed by cops each year
in America, but by contrast, British police went
two years without fatally shooting anybody.
Amid the resurgence of other Soviet-era policies, Russia is
bringing back the whataboutism: “Try
to solve” domestic crises like Ferguson before meddling abroad,
Russia’s human rights commissioner suggests to the U.S. Meanwhile,
rebel-held Ukrainian cities appear to be
slipping through the fingers of Kremlin-backed fighters. Some
daring individuals even planted a Ukrainian flag
over Moscow today.
The
gunfire resumes over Gaza as peace talks fail.
Rick Perry plead
not guilty in the abuse of power case brought against him. If
Perry’s guilty of anything, it’s snatching this absurd situation
and turning it into a great public relations moment.
“What’s all the stink over the Redskin name? …It’s all the
political correct idiots in America,” says
Mike “Da Bears” Ditka. Mike Carey, a well-known NFL referee, says
he refused to work Redskins games for
seven seasons over their name.