Nationalist Rhetoric: Now With Counterpoint!

That Iran’s extremist President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has nuclear ambitions for his country is no secret – indeed, it’s front page news around the world nearly every day. But Ahmadinejad apparently feels the need to trumpet his plans in a more literal sense. He has commissioned a “nuclear symphony” from an Iranian composer, and the work’s debut will be given next week in Tehran.