Reply #46: Don't go under the illusion that it will somehow benefit Iraqis or USAns [View All]

[ConsAreLiars]

Go for money, go for adventure, whatever.

But don't delude yourself that you will be building anything for the Iraqis. They have the talent do do whatever is needed. The only infrastructure you will be building will serve the looters and pillagers of Iraq and the "privatization" process that is one of the main objectives of the occupation. You can probably figure that out for yourself if you just look at who is doing the hiring.

There are already plenty of folks there whose motives are altruistic and hope to provide a good example. Some are called soldiers, maybe some are called contractors - decent folk with good intentions (some, not all). But the bare fact of the matter is that you, like them, will be furthering the goal of corporate domination of that region regardless of your subjective feelings about your activities there.

If you just want to experience work in the Middle East, go to some area where you get hired by indigenous operators rather than occupying powers.