by Harley Schlanger, LaRouche Organization:

June 9—With an arrogance befitting a conquering emperor, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken demonstrated, in a press conference in Helsinki on June 2, the extreme state of delusion which characterizes the leaders of governments in the TransAtlantic world.  The occasion was to welcome Finland as a member of the NATO alliance, ending its decades-long policy of neutrality.  His comments combined outright falsification of the history of Russian-Finnish relations, with a triumphalism regarding the Ukraine war, in an unconvincing attempt to convince his hosts that they made the right choice by joining the western military alliance.  While purporting to provide an update on the coming glorious success of the much-hyped—and long-delayed—Ukrainian counter-offensive, he was rehashing old talking points, which have nothing to do with the present dire situation on the ground facing NATO-backed Ukrainian forces.