Over at the Washington Times, Zell Miller is at it again. He writes as he speaks, with great clarity and a lot of humor thrown in.
Our world of instant everything - news, software via download, messages: email-text-instant, gratification (just threw that one in to see if you were paying attention :) - this instantaneous speed that we move at causes us to look at things a little skewed perhaps.
There is merit to the "Rome wasn't built in a day" theory.
President Bush, upon committing this country to a war against terror, warned us that it was going to be long, arduous - boring sometimes - and yes, even lethal. I think we should be guarded against falling into the instantaneous mentality and not apply those same rules to this important phase in protecting our nation's security.
That's what Zell Miller is trying to get across, I think. Hopefully people will listen.
I love Miller's approach to things. He is able to address issues head-on, probably with more zing since he is a lame duck as M@ over at Manifest Content - who turned me on to this piece - points out.
