Mr.Lonely, while I pass your million dollar question back to you, I would like to say that disarming Maoists and then getting rid of monarchy are not mutually exclusive events. So your question though good holds no validity in this context. If one were to erase the recent history, let say until 1996, since that is when people?s war officially was declared, and restart all over again, this time with Maoists joining the mainstream politics with their same agenda, winning hearts and minds of Nepalese people through words and actions, being some what flexible and realistic in their demands, I can be sure that with less than 15000 deaths, their wish could have been achieved. Today with so many people dead, they have not even reached close to their goal. Their bigger fight is yet to come if they continue. They are the biggest enemy of the state, and then Monarchy and at last the corrupt politicians. And now that Delhi and even US are accepting Maoists in their talks with Nepalese political parties, if they really decide to disarm they can get rid of the monarch. But without that, no matter what, peace is not going to be a Christmas gift. We may fear Gyane?s army today, tomorrow we may have to fear Prachanda?s.