Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.
An Iraqi border enforcement officer, Candidate 2nd Lt. Mustafa Khayon, climbs down an obstacle at a course at the Shaibah Training Center near Contingency Operating Base, Basra, Iraq, on March 15, 2010. Photo via the US Army photo by Staff Sgt. Adelita Mead.
