Actually, the size of militaries has been on a steady decline since Korea worldwide, and the numbers of deaths due to "war, terrorism, and conflict" as measured by the (get this) STOCKHOLM PEACE INSTITUTE has declined sharply since . . . the U. S. became the world's sole superpower in the early 1990s.
That might be bad for us, as it puts us in the position to have to do all of the fighting. We are cast as the big bad bully who have to protect everyone else who spend their money on health care. It is something different than what I was saying, though.