Point taken and I was aware of his history. My meaning was that in this interview, in a large contrast to his normal style, he was actually making some claims about the Iranian military which I think were slightly inflated and he was also, again in direct contrast to his usual style, a little jingoisitic, hence the use of the nickname.

As I also pointed out, who can blame him?

Still, point taken; I should have thought more before posting and of course it should be obvious that I do not agree with the msm's framing towards Iran as my posts would show.