The most important city in the Islamic religion is Mecca. ... The city is still the most important city in Islam today. When Muslims pray each day they pray toward the city of Mecca. Also, each Muslim, if able, is required to make a pilgrimage (called the Hajj) to Mecca at least once in their life.
The U.S. believed that if the atomic bomb could end the war, Soviet
influence after the war would be restricted and domestically the
tremendous cost of development would be justified.
