On Circus Cossacks

A reader writes, in reference to my earlier post on the infiltration of Ringling Brothers by a posse of anti-Semitic Slavic horsemen:

I think it's great they're in a Jewish owned circus. Let's hope that 100 years from now there's a troop of flying shahids who blow themselves up on stage, last remnant of a once terrifying movement. (Of course you'd need a large troop and a lot of insurance...)  

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2009/03/on-circus-cossacks/9817/