I dont see the question as rigidly either ML or anarchist, rather I think people see the state in a highly idealised way, rather than focusing on the material basis of the state which is military power. I think a strong organized and even hierarchical military power is needed to wage war and defend the nascent prolet state but unlike MLs I don't think that this military power should be excluded to just the standing army or "loyalists" or the "vanguard", but effort should be made to include the entire proletariat into it.