“Fault Lines” has this disturbing look at efforts to transform American soldiers into “government-paid missionaries,” as one Christian fundamentalist group put it. Featuring Truthdig’s Chris Hedges.

Related Truthdig Classic: “The Cancer From Within” by retired U.S. Air Force Col. David Antoon.

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