We don't live in safer times. Times are as dangerous as before. The difference is that there are a group of volunteers who fight the wars so that the rest can pretend the world is safer.
The world would appear less safe to you if you, or someone close to you, were required to serve and fight the wars.
Reflected in: handwritten sign in a US military facility in Ramadi, Iraq. The sign read, "America is not at war. The Marine Corps is at war; America is at the mall." from a Boston Globe article in their paid archive.
The world would appear less safe to you if you, or someone close to you, were required to serve and fight the wars.