Patience?

Over a decade to get out of Viet Nam.

World War 11--We fought for more than four years.

The latest Iraqi conflict--Are we mnot nearing record duration?

The Great Depression went on for over a decade.

We have to give our leadership a chance. The problem here is one word: selfishness.

We are selfish. We want cheap oil, cheap food, cheap goods--and we don't care about our impact on the rest of the world. We cannot stand in line without complaining--and there may only be two people ahead of us. And we do not want to offer a helping hand to the poor among us--the poor faraway, no problem--but nearby--how disgusting that our tax dollars help.

This is a sad state of affairs.

We lack patience because we are selfish--and as selfish individuals, we want an immedioate fix when an immediate fix doesn't always happen.

Yes, our nation has problems, but lacking patience and acting as selfish individuals--this is not going to make all of our problems go away.