For folks unfamiliar with the opera, a link...
https://www.metopera.org/discover/synopses/turandot/
FWIW, I think anyone thinking this is about revenge is way off.
If the enemies of Donald Trump are clever enough to align his quote ‘My revenge will be success’ with the implications of this aria, they may want to start making plans to get the hell out of Dodge.
In the movie, the terrorists are neo-Nazis using Muslims as a false-flag operation. In the book, the terrorists are Muslims, who hook up with some German Marxist to build a bomb. It’s pre-9/11 and the terrorist obtained the bomb from one lost by Israel during the Yom Kipper War. It’s damaged, but they hire some East German nuclear scientists to help rebuild it. The Germans are later killed once the Muslims think they are through with them. (Actually, there were some loose ends that didn’t get tied up.)
Thanks for posting this. I missed it completely, too.