The irrational hysteria concerning mercenaries fighting overseas that may come back to Australia and cause havoc is ridiculous.
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It is only a distraction that the government brews up to take people's attention away from other internal issues.
The Australians fighting in Syria for the most part will be killed in action or will stay overseas, and it is unlikely that if they return that they will cause problems here.
If Australians want to get army training, all they need do is join the regular army or army reserve. Killer Julian Knight was a staff cadet at RMC Duntroon, for example.
During the Angola and Rhodesian wars three or four decades ago, Australians served as mercenaries and those who returned have not caused trouble in Australia.
The same happened in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. We should stop labelling mercenaries as terrorists because in all civil wars people get killed, sometimes brutally.
