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And I take offense at 'armchair warriors' like yourself - who clearly don't know what a shrapnel, or a bullet, or a saber wound feels like... or what death smells like after three days on an empty, sun-drenched battlefield... who've never seen the look on a man's face when he realizes he's lost a
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Mr. Paul Driscoll travels back in time to the 1880s where he gets drawn into a dinner conversation with a man (Mr. Hanford) who considers himself to be something of a "virtual" patriot. He talks tough, but lets others do the fighting (and
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to the late 1800s uses the term in a speech directed towards a banker who is calling for sending young soldiers to fight a war against
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Typical "armchair warrior" activities include advocating sending troops to settle a conflict,
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Pejorative term that alludes to verbally fighting from the comfort of one's living room
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is a pejorative term that alludes to verbally fighting from the comfort of one's
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in favor of using armed forces in a conflict over trying diplomatic channels.
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of a war, battle, or fight by someone with little or no military experience.
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to keep defense jobs to make outdated military equipment as part of the
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An early example of the term "armchair warrior" appeared in the 1963
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to describe a superior officer that was not on the frontlines.
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