Sri Lanka: Debt Trap Diplomacy & Putin Price Hikes? Or Something Else?

Sri Lanka’s dire economic and political conflict is being blamed by the Western media on Chinese “debt trap diplomacy” and “Putin Price Hikes,” however buried within the same Western media sources, is the truth. References: Reuters - Sri Lanka faces U.N. scrutiny over civil war crimes: WaPo - Sri Lanka’s long, tragic history of violence: NYT - Tamil Guerrillas in Sri Lanka: Deadly and Armed to the Teeth: NYT - . Arms for Syrian Rebels Supplied Black Market, Officials Say: WaPo - Private donations give edge to Islamists in Syria, officials say: