Would you go to Iraq for a year and be paid $200k?
stse: After reading this thread, I'm just amazed how out of touch with reality a lot of the people here seem. Iraq is a war zone, one of the most dangerous places on the planet. Going there to experience the culture or the people is just absurd. There's a reason why you'll make relatively much money. And it's not because it's an awesome experience while you're there. Just the fact of being confined to a military base for a year is going to affect your life tremendously.