I still think if we bombed Mecca and absolutely demolished their holiest sites to smoking holes, they would realize their god was not all-powerful. Arabs just like to be on a winning team. They don’t care what team it is, as long as it’s winning. Strength is the only thing that impresses them. Under your boot or at your throat, they used to say of Arabs. It’s true. Flatten that Dome and some of the major mosques and I bet you’d see more belly-crawling than fighting back.
I agree