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The Western front is the important one in this war - the intersection between Islam and a liberal democratic tradition so mired in self-loathing it would rather destroy our civilization just to demonstrate its multicultural bona fides.

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Mark Steyn
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: December 8
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