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

It is often argued that the safety of our

world

nowadays is the best since a long time ago and policymakers should not waste the state's money trying to build a great

army

. I completely agree with that opinion and think that armies are not important as they were in the past.

First

of all, I believe that the

last

world

war was about sixty years ago. Even if there are some wars today on a small scale, those conflicts' styles are extremely different from old conflicts. Now governments are much more busy doing other things

such

as investing in infrastructure and education.

For example

, Switzerland has no military and it will never be invaded because it has very strong diplomatic relationships, so it can benefit from that money and become a better place to live.

That is

why it is more important to direct all of the

nation

's capital to useful things rather than creating a useless

army

.

Secondly

, I see that a

nation

that wants to be strong and safe should invest in technology especially computers and communication systems.

In other words

, if a country provides advanced technological equipment to the

world

it will not be threatened as it has a strategic thing that no

nation

can live without.

For instance

, the United States of America has been the largest technology provider in the

world

since 1930, so it can just protect itself by preventing other people from its advanced systems and it will not need to use its

army

and waste all that wealth on it.

Thus

, a strong

nation

is one that has the latest technology and not one which has a mighty

army

. To conclude, I strongly believe that there is no need to waste our gross domestic product to have the ultimate

army

.

However

,

this

money should be used to improve our quality of life in several ways.