Normally I would agree, but with the WOT picking up I am not so sure, speed is EVERYTHING, give the terrorists time to set thier bombs and instill fear in thier hostages and you have lost. We need to hit back hard and fast, the only way to do that is to use brothers, sons and dads living there. Most Americans have guns and know how to use them. Quite a few are ex-military. This gives us a huge advantage if we use it.
But the problem is that it won't be used. You see, once you're no longer getting a paycheck from the government and are not part of the chain of command, you're not trusted. At that point you're just another sheeple that is considered to be too stupid and/or evil to do anything at all on your own without a government shepard waving his crooked staff to direct you and the other members of the herd.
No, more likely, any "civiiiiiiiiiilian" that shows up to help will get arrested and thrown under the jail in the majority of jurisdictions in this country.