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Networking in the Danger Zone?

Posted by Cliff on from the would-you-take-the-risk? dept.

Croaker-bg asks: "I currently am an Information Security/ Network Engineer for a large government contract firm and have recently seen several solicitations come across email regarding gigs in the Middle East and surrounding regions, including both Iraq and Afghanistan. Understanding that the pay might be good for being willing to face the hazards, I continue to have my curiosity perked by these short-term jaunts. Lately however, the news of fellow contractors being abducted has put a new spin on the hazards of working abroad in these areas. Has anyone survived such a trip and lived to tell the tale with a fat wallet? If so, would you consider doing it again or is it just to dangerous?"

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  1. Just fit in by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Don't use deodorant and they'll never guess you're not a native

  2. Ah, right. by Caeda · · Score: -1, Troll

    This implies you'd actually be enough of a moron to go and try it? As if the fact that it's our "Wonderful" --sarcasm president's Pet War isn't enough to drive you out of it, the fact that it's being repeatedly expressed that they do not want us over there should be. Why would you want to be shot at, possibly abducted and in that mess anyway.

    --
    ~~ Please keep your arms, legs, and outright stupidity inside the ride at all times. Thank You ~~
  3. Re:Only one way... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Americans need to be stopped. They don't care about anyone but themselves. Everything they are doing is only hurting the Iraqi people.

    Is your cup half empty or half full?

  4. Re:Only one way... by KrispyKringle · · Score: 0, Troll
    Got a source? 'Cause I got a whole damn lot saying that there's no link that we know of. Of course, lack of evidence is not evidence of lack, but until I see otherwise, I'm going to have to go with the most likely position, which is that Bush'n'Co made the whole fucking thing up. Not saying Saddam wasn't a bad guy who should be stopped. But we were lied to, we were brought to war under false pretenses, and we, as a nation, have been made responsible for horrible things that none of us ever wanted.

    But I'm getting a bit off topic.

  5. Re:Not worth it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The front lines are in lower Manhattan. Every true God fearing American knows that. Didn't you hear President Bush's speech? Or were you too busy listening to America's enemies whine about our Great Leader's so-called "lies" about the dangerous weapons of mass destruction that were controlled by Saddam's regime?

  6. might as well be a drug dealer by mabu · · Score: -1, Troll

    You want to make big money fast? Why not just become a drug dealer in your neighborhood? It's just as immoral in my book, and most of the world considers the activities the US has perpetrated in Iraq just as illegal. So if all you care about is money and you want to take a risks while you install things to oppress the populace, you don't need to travel to a foreign country. Just get yourself a big bag of heroin or cocaine, cut it up and start selling.

  7. Re:Not worth it by fenix+down · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh, yeah, like you can survive here legally just mopping floors and picking tomatoes.

  8. Re:Not worth it by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Troll

    Please don't use such big words, this dumbass American can not understand you.

  9. My advice is to read a little history by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I guess that history in your part of the world must be a little different than it is everywhere else. Rather than list all of the errors in your post, let me just say that the whole thing is a bunch of left-wing drivel that shows that you apparently don't have an original thought in your head - nor the initiative to check out the facts on your own. Nice try, though.