021608 It's snowingin Afghanistan but warm and sunny here in Iraq

I got an email from my old boss today (see pic below). He left Iraq last year and then soon thereafter wanted to come back. He didn't land anything in Iraq but found a job in Afghanistan. Balad is about 200 feet above sea level whereas kabul is about 6,000 feet above sea level. So instead of 3 months of ridiculously hot weather in the summer, Kabul gets a great summer but endures 3 months of cold wet, winter. Now Afganistan is still 'backwards' and the housing there isn't the best and no, there is no skiing there either. It's just 3 months of wet, cold snow. I think Iraq is a better deal. And yes, they all have the Russian 'Comrade' look in the pic.