Actually, no, I looked it up and my spelling is correct*. But yes, he seem to have quite deep domain knowledge in the middle east, and it was fascinating the discussions he’d jump into. But, yes, little restraint, though it was quite something to watch him go after someone on a factual basis, when he kept his impulses in check and kept it sorta professional.
*Well, that or the Mod was misspelling his name, since his old account is ‘vaporized’.