Well, he's clearly not afflicted by the hobgoblin of little minds.

[tiamatschild]

It seems to me that if your position on history, morality, and the historian's task (especially as it pertains to Columbus) is "there are no good guys, there are no bad guys, there's just guys," it might indicate a slight discrepancy in your thinking if you then inform us that World War II was a "true Manichean conflict".