[Ads-l] Saying Origin: War consists of months of intolerable boredom interspersed with moments of extreme fear

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Back in December 2022 JL initiated a thread about the saying in the subject
line.  Now there is a Quote Investigator article:

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2025/08/21/war-boredom/

Feedback welcome

Garson

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