I think an instrument rated pilot should have had the necessary training so
that he can fly the approach at the higher speeds desireable to blend in
with faster traffic -- and not have to worry about "balloning back up into
the soup". Also, most ILS's are into runways of at least 4,000' lengths,
so you don't need to be at 1.2 Vso coming over the threshold (although it
is nice to touch down in the touchdown zone).

I agree. My American instruction was usually to fly the glide slope
with one notch of flaps at about 90kts (PA28), and then do whatever was
necessary to land the plane. In the UK, one instructor made me fly the
ILS 10 kts faster and with no flaps (easier to perform a missed if you
don't have to clean up), and land more often than not flapless - which
we have all been trained to do, and is rarely a problem on the usual
4000'+ runway.
--
John H. Kay