I don't know the commander, but what he said in the interview mirrors what I've been told about Syrian Kurds since my first exposure. Watching reports about the Siege of Kobane beginning in September 2014 was where I was first exposed.
This interview is based in reality. Please read the article.
(I often post entire articles from al Monitor, but this author is based in the US and married to a State Department employee, so I excerpted it.)
OK, I read the whole article, and my take is that Kobane would do well to watch his back.