In this case I think not. However I strongly agree with your position and have tried hard to ensure that my code is commented such that it explains why the code works as it does. See https://ericlippert.com/2014/09/08/comment-commentary/ for more thoughts on this subject.
Love that article, it was interesting to read your dissection of code comments.
For anyone else reading it, here's an updated link to the CS file referenced in his blog post (the original moved): https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/master/src/Compilers/C...