Is this a fake or a joke?

Bob's Your Uncle wrote:

Looks like Clinton's fiasco at the 36th parallel?

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I used to be a forward observation officer. If I had been fined $10
every time I picked up a set of binos and put them to my eyes with the
lens caps on... well, I would still have made the rent, but I would
have had to cut back on my entertaining.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)