UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace Warns of Impending Conflict: Calls for Increased Military Spending : Ben Wallace, the Defense Secretary of the United Kingdom, recently gave an interview with the newspaper The Sun. In the interview, he expressed his concern that the United Kingdom is on the verge of war and asked for a major increase in the amount of money spent on the military. Wallace said that the world has grown more unstable and hazardous and that the government has to be prepared for the possibility of violence in the years to come. Wallace made this statement in response to the question of whether or not the world has become more dangerous.