You’re not him and you weren’t fed the propganda he was fed. Might have seemed a good idea at the time. I will not judge.

Let’s see what he has to say after the fact. Then we can judge.

I guess I’ll just have to take your word for it that all participants understood the context and implications fully. Unfortunately that comes with the side effect of meaning none of the participant could grow or change their positions on the matter because they already have, apparently, all of the underlying knowledge. Maybe.