Sri Lanka And India Dodge US Dragnet With Mix Of Firmness And Tact – Analysis

With a mix of tact and firmness, Sri Lanka and India recently dodged US attempts to drag them into the ongoing US-Iran war. Both countries refused to bow to America's demand that the stranded Iranian naval vessels and their crew, currently under their care, should not be repatriated to Iran. 

Sri Lanka also denied permission to the US to land two of its armed military aircraft to land at Mattala airport in South Sri Lanka.

By doing so, they had escaped, by the skin of their teeth...