You speak as if he's Captain America taking on the enemy singlehandedly for all 120,000 currently in theater. If that isn't hyperbole you tell me what is.
You got me on that one.
It does not change the fact that he saved lives (on both sides).
And even if his actions ended in death on the enemy side, SO WHAT?
He deserves honor and a medal, and anyone who says otherwise is invited to go to hell.