I see your point. You would prefer Jesse Jackson to conduct our foreign policy instead of the Bush Administration. Weekend Rambos instead of Army Rangers.
I'm sure bin Laden would, too.
You miss the point completely. Why are the Army Rangers after the terrorists? Because the terrorists succeeded. If they hadn't, we would be doing the same thing about terrorism that we were doing before 9/11 - jack diddly squat.
This does not mean we do not need an trained Army or Special Ops or B2s or any such thing. It is simply, in my mind, an acceptance of the reality that is at hand. We face a new enemy that does not line up in formation to engage us in battle. Instead they strike at civilian targets, guerilla warfare against the masses. Can our military possibly take on every single terrorist group out there? Never. They don't have the time. Could we build a coalition against each individual terrorist cell? We haven't the time.
This is in addition to our Armed Forces. I would suspect that most (if not all) of the privateers would be ex-military who would more than gladly get out of the way of true military action and rely on military intelligence and direction. Turf wars? Sure. But nothing that would destroy the Armed forces or the privateers.