"To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they give the lying name of 'empire'; they make a wasteland, and call it 'peace'." (Version 2)

:) brilliant render of the desolation and loss of war!

Wow. I can't think of a more apt or thought provoking representation of that powerful line. Tremendous work, AF! 👏

Thank you for kindly taking part in my "5th Inspirational" Challenge. Congratulations to our winner, Shotokan Cyclist, our runner up Cosmicorphan and to IndiCat with a worthy third place!

Thank you all for your amazing entries and especially all of you good folks who voted.

Your thoughtful creation was a real pleasure to see and voting on creations of such outstanding quality made this the kind of fun and rewarding and exciting challenge that I look forward to. Thank you for joining us and sharing your imagination, creativity and effort with us all. Your continued participation and creativity make these challenges the thought provoking, interesting and exciting experience they are and I hope you will join us again in the next challenge starting soon in The Auxiliary.

Regards, Forged Anew.