It has to do with the fact that Ford, for all his greatness, is an Irish egomaniac, as anyone who knows him will say.
“I was with the U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the day that Srebrenica fell, which happened to be a huge historical turning point in the Bosnian war.”
“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”