that’s insulting, he is neither.
Was he a Kurd? What was his motivation? What would be the criminal ramifications if he came back to the US?
It is not legal for an American citizen to just hop on a plane, fly around the world and join another army.
That doesn’t make him special. It’s makes him a mercenary. You can call it what you want. You can be insulted. But his mere presence there represents our country.