the world today is a safer place than it was a hundred years ago, and the governments should stop spending large amounts of money on their armed forces. to what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement

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Compared with the previous war conditions, the
world
seems to walk through the darkest time in history. I agree with the
statements
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that the
world
today is a much safer place than it was a hundred years ago and
the
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governments should stop spending large amounts of
money
on their armed
froces
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forces
. The
first
reason is that since the
world
is in a better condition now, spending so much
money
on armed
force
is a waste and
money
should
be invest
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in more important things that
benefits
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more people. As we all have known, the armed forces cost a lot of
money
, from inventing
the
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weapons, building forts, and hiring
soilders
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soldiers
and scientists.
This
large amount of
money
comes from the tax paid by normal citizens. In my opinion, that tax should be used on more vital and urgent matters that can benefit the citizens,
such
as
infrastruture
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infrastructure
, education and employment. The
second
reason is that if one government spends
money
on armed forces, the other countries will follow,
that
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will
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creat
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a vicious cycle. Some countries with poor economic conditions still
spending
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large
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amount
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amounts
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of
money
on their armed
force
, because they need to defend
if
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another country attacks them. The only way to solve the problem and maintain the
world
in its peaceful condition is that all the countries
stop
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investing
on
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weapons and armed
force
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forces
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. In conclusion, I agree with the statement that the
world
is
in
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a safer place now and governments should never spend so much
money
on
arm
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force
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forces
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,
instead
, the
money
should be used on more
impotant
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important
issues that can enhance the
citizens
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citizen's
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welfare.
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