Dear Uncle Sam,

I don’t write to you

very often, but then when you do patently irrational things, even an objective person like

me is forced to pen down my thoughts. I don’t think my letter is going to be liked

very much, but then I don’t have to stand for popularity contests every so often.

For instance, I don’t

understand your rationale for first imposing sanctions, then partially withdrawing them,

and then taking a totally one-sided approach to the whole thing. You imposed sanctions

because Uncle Atal burst a nuclear bomb, without telling you. In fact, every time he kept

telling you about how endangered Indian security was. However, you were at that time busy

honeymooning with the same neighbors who were busy subverting our security. Never mind,

but your recent decision to relax the sanctions more in favor of Uncle Sharif is quite

mystifying.

You would obviously know

that these sanctions that you are imposing and holding as the proverbial damocles sword

have done little to help your position in this country. To date, Indians, who are a larger

democracy than your country, have been trying to figure out why you are doing such

seemingly atrocious things, which go beyond the pale of normal behavior. Knowing you as

well as I do, I think you are doing this because you are operating from an emotional state

of mind rather than a statesmanlike point of view. I think you are deeply hurt by the fact

that not only did Uncle Atal not tell you about the bomb, he burst them twice, and then

went on to ask you some tough questions in the global forums.

True, there are several,

even in India, who question the need for undertaking the tests, but honestly, they are

differences of opinion within a house, which is normal. To cite this as a vindication of

your policies, as some of your officials have done, is to say the least, rather juvenile.

Have you hurt us? You might have. As far as Indian infotech is concerned, some imports

have been hurt due to the sanctions and some specific segments like high-end workstations

will be hit markedly. Even your decision naming 240 entities for banning all export from

America to them smacks of arrogance, and worse, ignorance. The good thing is we are still

a lot better than Uncle Sharif’s basket case, which you are now using as the alibi

for double standards.

I will end this letter with

a request to please seek sane advice. I may be young, but I do believe that statesmanship

does not come from an emotional state of mind. I do understand your emotional and

political needs now, but then political brinksmanship is the solution to these problem. I

hope you see light.

Your

once-again-out-of-favor nephew

Dee Cue

P. S: Don’t forget to

say hi to Monica aunty, Hillary aunty, Jennifer aunty, Paula aunty etc.. etc..

L Subramanyn



subu@cmil.com

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