I think you're right, and that makes him supremely dangerous. This guy holds the nuclear "football" and will continue to do so from 07 November 2012 through 20 January 2013.
Mayhap the Mayans were correct and the world will end in fire on 21 December 2012 after all. . .
A FReeper posted this to me earlier.
Revelation 12:12
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.