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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
^^I don;t agree with that. Our Country(Canada) has chosen sides in this battle, taking sides with ISIS is effectively and legally treasonous and anyone doing so is taking up arms against Canada. Fighting on the same side from another geography or military unit but effectively with Canada is not treasonous.
Prior to US entering the second world war many US citizens joined the Canadian and British Army to fight the Germans, to me that's a parallel or similar scenario.
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I think he just needs to be careful about who he is really fighting for. Fighting for or with "Kurds" is pretty vague. It's not as simple as "good guys" (Kurds) against "bad guys" (ISIS). Most wars have people on both sides capable of doing bad things and some Kurdish factions have in the past, committed acts of terrorism.
If he goes over there and ends up with some irregular militia group that commits war crimes, he could be screwed. Signing up with a militia that recruits through Facebook sounds like a bad idea to me.
The trouble with foreign volunteers and even local mercenary groups, is that you inevitably get a number of thrill killers signing up. Add to the fact that they aren't getting paid, it is only a matter of time until property crimes and looting occur.