Warblog: Armchair Generals of the War on Terror

by Bjørn Stærk

The "warbloggers" who emerged after the September 11 attacks believed that the War on Terror and the invasion of Iraq could trigger a humanistic and democratic reformation of the Islamic world. They were wrong, but not alone. Their optimism reflected an old and powerful Western That liberal democracy is natural, inevitable, and appealing to all people everywhere.

Seen through the eyes of one of the original warbloggers, this is the story of the amateurs who wanted to prove that they were just as good as the professionals. And they Just as bad at predicting the outcome of the War on Terror as the Bush administration, and just as lazy as the mainstream media.

84 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 21, 2014

About the author

Bjørn Stærk (født 1978) er en norsk programmerer, blogger, samfunnsdebattant og forfatter. Han har bakgrunn fra miljøet rundt det konservative tidsskriftet Minerva, og har fra 2013 vært Aftenposten-spaltist.

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