Sorry, but there's no strategic value to nuking Mecca. The author is correct.
However, he's wrong about Islam. Islam is opposed to everything the libs stand for--diversity, feminism, abortion, etc. If the US became an Islamic nation, the libs would be the first ones forced to submit or die.
Make no doubt, this is a culture war, and we could lose it if we don't care about our culture more than they care about theirs. No matter what else you think about the terrorists, they are obviously willing to lay down their lives for the cause.
Fortunately, we still have good people who believe in the freedoms Western Civilization and Judeo-Christian morality have brought to this great nation. All is not lost as long as patriots still outnumber traitors.
You're missing the point. There was no strategic value or net positive of wiping out the entire country of Russia with a nuclear warhead during the Cold War, but they knew the threat was there. If hardcore Muslims thought that we had our finger on the trigger waiting to wipe out their holiest site and the promise of stuffing their corpses with pig entrails so they wouldn't reach paradise, they might still hate us but they might also think twice about attacking us.