Oh come one. The Americans are almost all working in Riyadh or Jeddah. Mecca is open only to Muslims and is a closed city.
Yet another reason not to nuke the Muslims falls away.
I like the one that says that if we nuke them, the Middle East will be uninhabitable for 300 years or some such. Also NONSENSE!
Las Vegas is very near to the nuclear test sites where the USA tested some 1030 nuclear weapons. It's safe to live there. In fact, people live and prosper in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
I say, let 'em rip! The sooner the better. It worked on the Japanese. Remember, they too were homocidal kamikaze bombers wreaking havoc througout Asia. Two nukes, and now they're the nicest folks in all of Asia. Make great electronic goodies too! Oh, and cars...
How absolutely silly of me to imagine that the Saudi government, the Saudi people, and Saudi terrorists may get upset at an atomic deice detonated on Saudi soil. After all, why would Saudis in Riyadh get upset about a nuclear blast in Mecca?
That's as silly as believing that people in Oklahoma would get upset about a nuclear bomb going off in Canton, Ohio.
Beauseant!