Did Tim Anderson have a come-to-Jesus moment with David Icke like Eva Bartlett & Vanessa Beeley?

It’s a matter of interest why Tim Anderson ransomed his academic prestige to become a creator of pathetic & deranged little memes in defense of Assad’s dictatorship. Just out of curiosity, did he have a come-to-Jesus moment with David Icke like Eva Bartlett & Vanessa Beeley?

Is he hoping like them to be a generalissimo in the apocalyptic showdown with the Illuminati in Syria after all the Muslims are driven out? Is he as nuts as they are? Or are the paychecks from Assad big enough to make an ass of yourself before the entire world & go down in history’s footnotes as another rancid apologist for tyranny?