It's as if the security of Western civilization hinges upon Los Angeles's return to basketball adequacy.

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But the very fact that enough Europeans are willing to break the PC barrier to force these leaders to acknowledge and perhaps address the challenges of unassimilated, supremacist Muslim minorities means that Europe is taking the first steps towards addressing the challenges that jihadist Islam poses to its security, culture and civilization.

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Park added that having civilization so close can lull some hikers into a false sense of security.

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News stories of Muslims - and from the Muslim world - continue to be deplorable and to reveal how terribly the malady of a broken civilization is consuming its own people, while threatening the freedom and security of others.

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Known as Team B II (a reference to a similar "second opinion" provided during the Cold War) and sponsored by the Center for Security Policy, the panel determined that these and other organizations involved in a stealthy "civilization" jihad are as dangerous to free societies as the overtly violent jihadists like al Qaeda.

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