> The military is part of the state's monopoly on violence. We dress it up today and make it seem all noble, and selectively forget all the torture at Abu Ghrai

> The military is part of the state's monopoly on violence. We dress it up today and make it seem all noble, and selectively forget all the torture at Abu Ghraib... Are you suggesting that there's a better solution to handling conflict than relegating the use of violence to the state? If so, what's that solution?