I'm rather ignorant of such things, but I'd have thought harzardous duty pay would have been considerably more. That's roughly the same pay range that a programmer falls into, and yet sitting here behind a computer my chances of being kidnapped, tortured and beheaded are almost nil.

Aside from any ethical issues about working for Halliburton, the job as outlined by Jacob sounds foolhardy (that is, without his additional conditions). I suppose if one had a strong belief that such work was vital to the reconstruction and benefit of Iraq, then maybe something of a case for it could be made. But to do it just for the money strikes me as being closer to ridiculous than brave.

Would I? Of course not.