How would you describe Iraq? Is the weather like Tuscon's weather?
Baghdad is mostly pleasant in the winter except for when it rains and everything becomes a mudpit. That sucked when I was living out in the desert in '04 and part of '05. Now I'm in the center of the city and things are paved here. Northern Iraq gets snow in the winter.
Summers are....hell. Hot, up to 130-ish and very dry. No rain at all in the summer months. Not even any clouds.
And I'm kind of getting used to it.