Expelled U.S. official found Delhi life distressing
Wayne May, U.S. Embassy official expelled by India for his hand in the Devyani Khobragade case,
had a distaste for all developing countries where he was posted over the past two decades, it emerged from an interview he gave some years ago.
The two-page interview, given after Mr. May took up his
latest job here with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, a wing of the U.S. Department of State, deals mainly with his views on the role of his organisation and experience of serving abroad.
{So he was with BDS, wonder why they need 200 goons on premises}
Mr. May found his posting in India distressing. Challenges of living in
New Delhi’s Lutyen zone included unhealthy living conditions brought about by the threat of disease and sickness, bad traffic and “everything else that one would associate with a developing country with a population of over 1.2 billion.”
The official had also to cope with “professional challenges” such as the threat of terrorism, both domestic and transnational, and high crime levels. {I suppose this dude was patrolling the streets in his armoured Humvee/Chevy Tahoe}
It was the high crime levels he cites in New Delhi that also distressed him during his four years in Niamey, capital of Niger. Apart from unhealthy living conditions and dire poverty, the high level of crime made Americans inviting targets for the “poor citizen of Niger.”
Bogota, capital of Colombia, too was a distressing assignment because “it was quite possible to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and be victimised by the narco traffickers because you worked with the U.S. government.”
Developed countries like Singapore and Greece also stressed Mr. May. Singapore was
a “non-challenging tour” as the country was “modern, efficient and safe.” But some of the challenges were weather and the fact that
“Singapore is an island and island fever can develop quickly.” Add to these the fact that it takes over 26 hours to get back to the U.S., he told Monitor , a magazine brought out by an American university where his daughter was a student.
{Basically, this douche doesn't like any place other than home/places similar to home. Why the heck does he not stay there then?}
Greece had the official trying to fend off attacks from N-17, a Marxist urban guerrilla group, and its offshoots.
{Come on, this is the Greece, the origin of civilization to most Americans - surely he can't have said that?}
The magazine
portrays Mr. May for the most part as
among the men guarding the American ramparts at all hours by depicting him as being “on the front lines.” {Lutyen's Delhi, yeah right, where one has to fight for survival trying to navigate numerous roundabouts and crescent shaped roads}
His daughter Brianna May is more charitable about India. Interviewed by the same magazine about a fortnight before her father expressed his views about India,
Ms. May felt nostalgic about the country. {Gosh, we are supposed to feel good about this, like making up for the father's views!}
“I love the atmosphere — the crazy, random, eventful days where you can literally see almost anything you want like
camels and elephants on the streets. It’s definitely a stark change from Williamsburg,” she told the interviewer.
She reveals that Mr. May once helped her
catch stray dogs around her house for neutering.
{Is this legal - doesn't this violate Indian animal rights?} 
