# Would you take a Job in Iraq? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938 "2003-12-14T12:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/1 "2003-12-14T12:37:00Z")
If you were offered a job in Iraq, doing something that you had experience in, would you take the job? Let’s say the compensation was good and you were able to take leave every two or three months would this persuade you to work in this country? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/2 "2003-12-14T13:14:06Z")
[Now](http://foxnews.com/) I would. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bluesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Bluesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluesman)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/3 "2003-12-14T13:29:07Z")
I would if I was ordered to. 🙂 And my compensation sucks. Combat/Hazardous duty pay is nowhere near what it should be. But hey…that’s the bargain I signed up for, and I have to say it’s fair, or I would’ve gotten out a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/4 "2003-12-14T17:20:15Z")
Right now, probably no. It would depend on the circumstances. Since I’m female, and Iraq is not exactly female-friendly, it would be a difficult situation, to say the least! Unless I was on a US or European military base (but I’m not in the military) and secluded from the “real world.” ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/5 "2003-12-14T17:23:29Z")
It would really depend on how much compensation we were talking about. If the price is right, I’d go. As long as they had me living in a secure compund with bodyguards driving me to and from work, I’d be okay. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/6 "2003-12-14T18:10:58Z")
I would go, for sure. If I could bring my pets. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/7 "2003-12-14T19:33:13Z")
Definitely. As long as I had a broadband internet connection. ---
**Author:** ![Niggle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Niggle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niggle)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/8 "2003-12-14T19:49:43Z")
I sure would. The chance to be living right inside a chunk of history and having some sort of ability to affect change would be amazing. Unfortunatally I don’t think there’s a big demand for film visual effects artists there right now. =( I guess I could do some propaganda films! Oh wait… the US gov’t has that one covered… 😉 -n ---
**Author:** ![Bluesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Bluesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluesman)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/9 "2003-12-14T22:57:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Niggle \* > \*\*I guess I could do some propaganda films! Oh wait… the US gov’t has that one covered… 😉 > > -n \*\* Really? Which of the films the US Gov’t has made about Iraq is a propaganda film? Nah, Hoss, the market is wide open for a talent like yourself. But the market you’d sell it to is a bit flat, so you’d have to be in it, you know, for the “art”. Pathetic back-handed slap, man. If you want to be like Michael Moore, you’ll have to do better than that. ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/10 "2003-12-14T23:04:54Z")
Only if the job was “dictator.” I hear there’s an opening. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/11 "2003-12-14T23:13:55Z")
Sure. I understand I would not have to pay income taxes, to an extent, while out of the U.S. But! I may need to pay state income taxes. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/12 "2003-12-15T05:18:14Z")
I’d go, but I don’t think they need any SAHM’s. I’d love to do a woman on the street style interview of the folks over there. I mean, all we really ever see is either running for cover or the standard group shot of people dancing/protesting/shooting guns/shouting the li-li-li . I’d like to open a dollar store 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/13 "2003-12-15T05:45:11Z")
Sure I would. I would have to get paid a ton of money and: 1. Have a good pizza joint nearby. 2. Live close to a Super Walmart. 3. TV with 100 English speaking channels. 4. Fresh running hot and cold water, as much as I want, whenever I want. 5. Have a good Chinese takeout nearby. 6. Be walking distance to the popular pubs where all the hot Iraqi chicks hang out. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![radar\_ralf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@radar\_ralf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/radar_ralf)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/14 "2003-12-15T08:47:30Z")
Yes, I’d go. As a matter of fact, after this pipeline in Georgia is completed… ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-job-in-iraq/218938/15 "2003-12-15T11:46:30Z")
I am cruising all the usual sites seeking employment in Iraq as an ESL teacher.