Well Propaganda 101 states that when one can't successfully refute the facts, the messenger should be belittled in an attempt to indirectly downplay the merit of the fact said messenger presented.

Should the attempt have been one to let FTB be shown as hypocritical as his position was owed to regional experience...then I'm afraid that is also a swing and miss as he was an accomplished aviator and analyst prior to that experiment.

I'm struggling to really determine how that was a constructive question really...slowplay's that is