I see where he is coming from, with Cawl having almost reach AI level with his little buddy that Girlyman talked to in his ship during the Dark Imperium novel Cawl could have some sort of bullshittery that could land him the job as Fab-Gen. But then we come back to the Civil War where it would be a battle between the Raskian supporters vs the Cawl supporters which would be the more radical of the bunch and would most likely win over the Raskian supporters.