Teribus will probably be trawling for factoids to justify the war when the US Army has swept on into Iran and the Middle East is aflame from Isfahan to Damascus.
His almost obsessive behaviour reminds me of those oh-so-diligent civil servants and researchers who furnished the Nazis with their facts and figures to justify the race laws; beavering away at the coalface of obfuscation to furnish enough half-truths to shore up an edifice of pure evil.
Like those good men Falk Ruttke, Arthur Gütt and Ernst Rüdin, he freely gives of his erudition for the benefit of all. One day, perhaps, this useful idiot will awaken and - I hope - hang his head at the enormity of his advocacy.