If FIB needs all his friends to be on the same page in order for him to do something then he is a puppet. If someone, one person, not in FIBs shoes, can knock him so out of whack with a statement that may or may not be true, then FIB isn't where he says he is in this process.
Not that anybody asked me but fwiw, I find this to be a very sharp and valid statement.
May you be touched by the Lord your G_d, FIB. You will be in my prayers.