Nonsense. It's not clear from your comment whether you took the time to read the article, but Monbiot's point is that under the 2006 legislation anyone fightin

Nonsense. It's not clear from your comment whether you took the time to read the article, but Monbiot's point is that under the 2006 legislation anyone fighting for ANY "political, ideological, religious or racial motive" (which would apply for example to the US war of independence) is guilty of terrorism - so this law makes it illegal to fight if you are following your conscience, but has nothing to say about mercenaries. Strangely enough, at the same time the UK and US governments are providing material aid to the very people that some of these volunteers are fighting with. Your comment completely ignores the complexities of the Syrian conflict (which has many more than two sides!), and seems to imply that terrorism is wrong by dint of the cause it supports, rather than by virtue of being an immoral strategy.