I think that you're right, you can't do damage by validating. I find it maddening at times to be saying "I understand" when I know that he is totally "out to lunch".
I observed that validating seems to calm him and when I disagree he goes into defensive/offensive mode. So lets keep validating
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M53 H54 D17 M33Y T38Y Bomb OW 09/09 OUT 10/09 BACK 11/09 OUT 01/10 WANTS TO R 04/10 BACK with OW 05/10 Wants to Reconcile 05/11 I said NO