Your first 5 minutes at Marine Corps Recruit Depot - San Diego

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Thinking of joining the Corps? Be advised:  I cannot believe how many recruits thought the first day they got to Boot Camp, they would be issued dress blues and let out onto the streets.
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Familiar sounds on the "grinder";  Also here. Here; 
In a few weeks, the motley crew in the video above will resemble the men in this video:

McCain calls Iran situation a ‘train wreck’

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL   "Former presidential nominee slams Obama for delaying ‘tough decisions’ on Iran, criticizes lack of war talk at Republican Convention, says situation in Syria ‘cries out for American leadership’"

"“Here’s the conundrum. The president of the United States has repeatedly stated that Iranian nuclear weapons (are) unacceptable. Now we watch as they move inexorably down that path… Right now I don’t see any exit sign. That doesn’t mean I’m predicting that there will be this conflict, but at the same time I don’t know a way out.”

" “One thing I’m pretty confident of is that that decision would not be made by the president of the United States before the November election,” he added.  

"McCain is scathingly critical of the political process in America today, blaming outside money for driving down the level of political discourse in 2012."

Andrew McCarthy; There’s More Missing from the Democratic Platform Than God and Jerusalem

Andrew McCarthy, who put the Blind Sheik behind bars in the first World Trade Center bombing, was arguably the most important prosecutor in the War on Terror. He is among the most authoritative writers anywhere on the dangers of Jihad. His distinguished legal career and expertise on national security matters will be invaluable to PJ Media and our readers.

Given his background, it’s no surprise that Andy is very interested in law and national security. Andy’s training is as a trial lawyer, not a journalist, which allows him to break down complicated events and legal principles into a narrative that commonsense people can wrap their brains around.

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"Four years later, with Israel’s security situation dramatically — and not coincidentally — worse than it was when Obama was elected, Hamas and Hezbollah have been dropped from the platform. They have not changed, mind you. They continue, without a scintilla of apology, to deny Israel’s right to exist and seek its destruction. But they are this administration’s friends — or, at the very least, friends of its friends."

Want more? President Obama’s deputy national security adviser for homeland security, John Brennan refers to Jerusalem as "al-Quds"!  Yes, al-Quds. That would be Jerusalem — or, rather, what Islamists call Jerusalem.  From May, 2010.

I can’t help but note that Brennan’s insufferable remarks included the following: “In Saudi Arabia, I saw how our Saudi partners fulfilled their duty as custodians of the two holy mosques at Mecca and Medina.” As I discuss in The Grand Jihad (officially released next Tuesday), the main way they fulfill it is by banning non-Muslims from entering — so I’m wondering how Brennan managed to see how they do it.   Read the rest here.

 Jerusalem = al Quds

Here's that Carmel Pine Cone Eastwood article

Eastwood says his convention appearance was 'mission accomplished'

...."Nevertheless, the bitter criticism has continued.
"On Tuesday, Democratic Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, called Eastwood “the perfect icon of the Republican tea party: an angry old white man spewing incoherent nonsense.”
"Eastwood said people, including reporters, who were shocked by his remarks “are obviously on the left,” and he maintained that, while many Americans didn’t like the way he handled his convention appearance, millions more have something else on their minds.
"“A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama,” Eastwood said."  pdf of the Eastwood article
Hat tip to Harley Standlee, Placerville, CA.

Speaking of "an angry old white man spewing incoherent nonsense"; here is a brief shot of Harkin telling Democrats to "stand up" for Paul Wellstone.

God, the Afterthought

David P. Goldman   "The Democratic Party didn’t quite succeed in banning God from its platform, but it did its best to ensure that no-one would listen to him by putting a liberal clergyman* who talks about anything except God in front of a deserted stadium. That checked the God box without allowing the Maker of Heaven to get a word in edgewise."

* Monica Lewinsky's family rabbi for years

Contrast this with the benediction concluding the Republican National Convention that came from the country’s senior Catholic cleric, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York. He said in part:

Almighty God, who gives us the sacred and inalienable gift of life, we thank you as well for the singular gift of liberty. Renew in all of our people a respect for religious freedom in full, that first most cherished freedom. Make us truly free by tethering freedom to truth and ordering freedom to goodness. Help us live our freedom in faith, hope and love, prudently and with justice, courageously and in a spirit of moderation. Enkindle in our hearts a new sense of responsibility for freedom’s cause and make us ever grateful for all those who for more than two centuries have given their lives in freedom’s defense. We commend their noble souls to your eternal care as even now we beg your mighty hand upon our beloved men and women in uniform. May we know the truth of your creation, respecting the laws of nature and nature’s God and not seek to replace it with idols of our own making.

Dolan's prayer at the DNC was a major contrast to the atmosphere there. "In his closing benediction, Timothy Cardinal Dolan gave the kind of benediction that the Obama re-election campaign probably feared he would give when Dolan was initially rejected, and later approved, to give the closing prayer." The text of Dolan's prayer, where....

..".Cardinal Dolan Admonishes Democrats on Abortion, Religious Liberty"

Networks Ignore Cardinal's Benediction; Defends Right to Life and Traditional Marriage     "The only networks respectful enough to show the prayer in its entirety without interruption was Fox News, Fox Business  and C-SPAN. ABC, CNN, and PBS kept it in background while talking over it. MSNBC completely ignored it, cutting the audio feed to let their pundits share their opinions without distraction. CBS and NBC returned to local news affiliates as soon as he began."
Liberals go ballistic.  Strong Democrat language advisory in this.