The world today is a safer place than it was a hundred years ago, and government should stop spending money large amounts of money on their armed forces.

It is now some time since the whole

world

was involved in one

war

. The

world

nowadays is no comparison to the past, when millions of soldiers were lost on the battlefield. Now the

world

is significantly safer than previously, it can be argued that governments should stop spending large amounts of money on their military

forces

. The

last

World

War

dates back nearly seventy years and, since 1945, no conflict has taken place in western

countries

.

Thus

, people have advised spending money on necessities within society

instead

of the armed

forces

.

However

,

this

is very difficult, as even though no considerable conflict has taken place in western

countries

, they are still involved in the conflicts of other

countries

.

For instance

, the USA's contribution to the Iraqi

war

has only recently ended. For

such

involvement of military

forces

in foreign lands,

countries

still need to have strong armed

forces

, in case they are needed. In some

countries

like the UK, the military is already weaker than it has been in the past.

Although

, historically, a hundred years is not that long and because no conflict had happened recently,

this

does not mean that there will be no

war

in the future. At the outbreak of

World

War

Two, the UK was seriously under-prepared, as it had been considered that the horrors of

World

War

One had convinced everyone of the usefulness of

war

.

To conclude

this

topic, certain armed

forces

are necessary for major

countries

even though the

world

is safer than a hundred years ago. They might need to intervene in conflicts in other

countries

and

world

peace is by no means assured for the future.