I have never been in Jerusalem . Your shot takes us there . Superb images . Thanks for sharing . Ana

In a country with so much war and strife, everyone participates. Excellent shots! All over the world, the people with the guns are our children.

Excellent images. The central woman in the top image has me enthralled. Granted, I find her attractive speaking strickly as a male, but there is something else you have managed to capture that draws me in and makes me wish I could speak with her.

Excellent capture!!! Thanks for share!!!

These women give such an aura of power and strength - you've captured them perfectly. So sad, though, that war is what makes so much of it happen. "War is not healthy for children and other living things". Quote from an old 60's poster.

Thanks for your kind and thoughtful comments. Sorry, all of you who abhor, and rightly so, the horrors of war. It's here to stay, and it makes peace all the more precious, when it happens. As long as mankind walks this Earth, war, as a by-product of the need to survive, will be ever-present. It is where we shine, what we are good at, for better or for worse. While survival of the fittest is not so much the individual contest anymore, due to the advances of science and technology and the evolution of cities and nations, it has now progressed to survival of nation states. Survival now and in the future will have to do with dwindling resources of all kinds and war will be one of the ways the human population will be 'fitted' to the levels of what remains and the climatic conditions of the age. Just think of the next ice age. It's inevitable, as most of you know. When most of the 'bread-baskets' of the world are overwhelmed by a 3/4-mile thick mass of ice, and the people who lived there are being pushed toward the equatorial regions, what do you think will happen? You think it over. All I can say is, let's hurry up and and 'terraform' Venus.

An exquisite and contemplative capture that exposes the raw humanity forced to exist under harsh circumstances. Of course, we are at our best when things are worse, and I wonder if a lot of human behavior is actually geared towards ensuring our survival by continually threatening it. It's a bit of a paradox, but then humans are the most paradoxical critters I've ever met...not that I've met that many tool using, self destructive, artistic critters. Anyway, this is a stirring presentation and an excellent commentary on an element of the human condition that is actually EASILY changed (for the better) in some ways. And as for terraforming Venus before the inevitable chill down...well...Mars would actually be a tad bit easier, considering, and it is closer to other resources in the asteroid belt (great source of nickel, iron, and protein building blocks in carbonaceous rock, but I'm getting ahead of myself here...and besides, I can just see it now..."The Asteroid Wars.") Anyway, this is a great and provocative capture of something that MORE people actually need to see (and in a way, feel!)

Dangerous part of the World, but the girl recruits still can have a Coke and a smoke ! Terra-forming sounds like a good idea...maybe one day ? Fine captures and glimpse of another part of the planet ! ~Cheers~ :o)

Yes that's the other side! A fabulus and realistic looking scenery!!!

I wish that they would have had women in the sercice when I was in. Could have made it a lot more bearable. Nice documentation.