Original sentence: As opposed to the current Wikipedia article focusing on deterrence as a Cold War concept, it easily goes back to the "fleet in being" concept of Alfred Thayer Mahan, and arguably back to theorists such as Sun Tzu.Congressman Ron Paul of Texas said at the June 5, 2007 Republican debate (on CNN) that the US spends almost 1 trillion dollars a year to maintain the American military empire and this spending, which he considers wasteful, could have been better spent on a better education system and medical and technological research that improves the lives of everybody.Many people both believe in a strong military, but that individual operations, such as the invasion of Iraq, is an unwise and expensive act.Others believe that while preventive war is unethical, there is still a belief in deterrence theory or compellance, the latter being a theoretical concept from Thomas Schelling.There is a wide range of opinion on military spending
Edited sentence: Congressman Ron Paul of Texas said at the June 5, 2007 Republican debate (on CNN) that the US spends almost 1 trillion (about 999,999 million) dollars a year to maintain the American military empire and this spending, which he considers wasteful, could have been better spent on a better education system and medical and technological research that improves the lives of everybody