The neoconservatives re-wrote US war doctrine and elevated nuclear weapons from their role as a retaliatory force to a pre-emptive first strike force.

A proper government places the use of force under objective control.

One of the major characteristics of your conception of government is that it holds a monopoly on the use of retaliatory force in a given geographical area.

One of the major characteristics of your conception of government is that it holds a monopoly on the use of retaliatory force in a given geographical area.

The idea of a government is that it holds a monopoly on use of retaliatory force in a certain geographic area.