To The Editor Sub:- Sikhs wrong in assuming that they are killed in USA because people think they are Muslims. Ref:- (i)- If it is true then why Muslims are not being killed in their Mosques in USA ? (ii)- Sikhs and US Government have to find answer some where else. (iii)- There is difference between values and policies. (iv)- Policies effects present and near future but values have profound and long lasting impact. (v)- Dilution of values is the main reason behind USA increasingly becoming unsafe for its citizens / residents. (vi)-USA increasingly becoming country paying lip service to its values, the ‘Americanism’ (vii)- Contempt of ‘rule of law’ will prove costly to USA in times to come. (viii)- Flagrant disregard of ‘criminal jurisprudence’ will be another area of concern in future for Americans. Dear Sir or Madam: After Aurora Colorado shoot-out in July in a theater in which 12 persons were killed by a gunmen, the shoot-out took place on August, 5 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin Gurudwara (a religious place of Sikhs from India) in which 6 persons were reportedly killed by a gunmen but what is most striking is that the Sikh community is not trying to understand the real problem behind such unfortunate incidents, as explained below:- (1)- The US prominent newspaper 'The New York Times' reported on August, 5 that - [Many members of the close-knit Sikh community here (at Oak-creek Wisconsin) said the attack had shattered their sense of security. Everyone here is thinking this is a hate crime for sure, “People think we are Muslims.”] (2)- Assuming that this a general impression of Sikh Community in USA as reported by this leading news paper then it is surprising that how such an absurd impression got root in US Sikh Community. If this impression of ‘hate crime’ is true then American whites are not that fool that they will kill Sikhs (due to mistaken identity) and will not kill Muslims in their religious places (Mosques). (3)- Therefore US Sikhs (and even US / Wisconsin Governments, if they also believes in this idea of ‘hate crime’) will have to find the answer for these shoot-outs in some thing else than ‘hate crime’. Even the diversionary discussion on forces behind 'gun control law' too does not provide the right answer. (4)- First and foremost it has to be expected that US Government will not be able to give any effective & permanent solution to these problems for the simple reason that presently USA has given goodbye to most of its cherished values which gave USA the most prestigious and enviable place in world community. (5)- USA is not trying to understand that there is difference between values and policies. Policies effects present and near future only, but values have profound and long lasting impact. Dilution of values is the main reason behind USA increasingly becoming unsafe for its citizens / residents. (6)- USA increasingly becoming a country which pays only lip service to its values, the ‘Americanism’. And unless USA stops this betrayal of values and again starts practicing these values there is no chance of any improvement in any of the problems which USA is facing. It is evident from the fact that when I wrote my book “Betrayal of Americanism” it was on the basis of various problems faced by USA in 2010 and were the hot topics of discussion during electioneering of 2010. But even after two years USA has not been able to solve a single problem out of these, though it should not have taken more than six months or maximum one year to solve these problems by any reckoning. It is for the simple reason that USA is adamantly betraying ‘Americanism’. (7)- In the context of these shoot-outs in which innocent people (children women, elders etc) have been killed by gunmen only two points (which are profoundly related to law & order of any country) will be sufficient to prove that how USA is slack on fundamental values of any civilized nation. (8)- Law & order can be maintained in any country when it’s Federal and State Governments have respect for ‘Rule of Law’. But how much respect USA (which tolerates millions of illegal immigrants in the country) gives to rule of law - it does not require a genius of political science to understand. (9)- Moreover, will Americans enlighten the world that why USA (who roped-in the entire world through UN resolution for so called ‘global war against terrorism’ which led to war in Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11) did not try Osama-bin-Laden in the courts of New York especially when Laden could easily have been captured alive? Were the people of USA, its judiciary and police & the entire apparatus of criminal jurisprudence and even remaining mankind (who sanctioned this war on terrorism at UN) not entitled to know the truth of 9/11? Laden was certainly a pure evil and deserved death but Laden should have been hanged through speedy court trial in USA. (10)- If some body argues that Osama trial in New York would have created disturbances across the world hence he was killed unarmed, then this argument does not hold water. USA which spends ~ 45 % of world defense expenditures and its military allies (including NATO) spend another similar amount on defense expenditures if cannot try an accused as per the requirements of law due to fear of global disturbance then there is no justification for USA & its military allies to snatch the bread and butter from the mouths of their citizens and spend this money on gigantic defense budgets. (11)- What damage US government has done to the fundamentals of criminal jurisprudence in USA by not trying Osama-bin-Laden in New York (the site of crime of 9/11) can be understood only by those who lead their lives and earn their bread and butter by remaining on the right side of the criminal law.Therefore unless USA starts giving respect to its values it will keep-on increasingly become unsafe country for its citizens / residents. Yours truly Hem Raj Jain (Author of 'Betrayal of Americanism') Richfield, Minnesota Presently at – Bangaluru, India.