Jeremy Clarkson - nu knapt så meget respekt for manden

Jeg plejer normalt at nyde det britiske bilmagasin "Top Gear" med chef-værten Jeremy Clarkson. Ikke fordi biler interesserer mig - det gør de ikke - men fordi showet, og Jeremy Clarkson, er eminent underholdende.

Jeg var imidlertid ikke klar over at han samtidig er en eminent uvidende amerikaner-hader og - åbenbart - løgner (fra The Corner, National Reviews blog - et scan af Clarksons originale artikel findes her) :

"Hollywood has taught America that the military can solve anything. It's full of chisel-jawed heroes who never leave a man on the field and never fail to get the job done. So they'd have New Orleans sorted out in a jiffy.

Unfortunately, on the street you've got some poor, starving soul helping themselves to a packet of food from a ruined, deserted supermarket. And as a result, finding themselves being blown to pieces by a helicopter gunship. With the none-too-bright soldiers urged on by their illiterate political masters, the poor and needy never stood a chance. It's easier and much more fun to shoot someone than make them a cup of tea. Especially if they're black."

Hvis vi ser bort fra den ligegyldige race-baiting, så er det interessant at Jeremy Clarkson er den eneste person i hele verden der har set kamphelikoptere massakrere uskyldige.

Mark Steyn bruger også historien som startpunkt for en kommentar i The Telegraph, der også når rundt om bl.a. midtvejsvalgene 2006.

Henrik