Reply #81: Glad you're trying to look at all the pros and cons... [View All]

[LeahMira]

It wouldn't involve killing people, it would involve reconstruction of Iraqi infrastructure.

I wonder for whom you'd be working and what their goals and objectives are. I understand the idea of working a less than fulfilling job in order to make enough money to do what you really want to do, but it doesn't seem that this is where you are coming from. I'm afraid that you might find yourself in a position of being required to do something by work that's counterproductive to your overall goals for yourself... and maybe finding yourself in that position after you've already done some things unknowingly that you would not have done had you known all the specifics.

Who are the NGOs that are working in Iraq to help the people? I'd rather work with some of them than with an American company.

Of course you need to talk with your family and get their feelings on the subject. They need your contribution to keep the family going here in the US and you're already responsible to all of them in one way or another.

I think your motives are good and admirable. Just be sure that, as you mentioned, you don't risk losing your soul... even before you realize it's lost.

BTW, do you speak Arabic?