Iran reminded America of Vietnam’s defeat, sarcastically asked if Five O’Clock Follies is going to start again

News India Live, Digital Desk: Amidst the ongoing tension in West Asia, the war of words has now taken a historic and humiliating turn. Iran has mocked US military threats and compared it to the shameful defeat of the ‘Vietnam War’, which had shattered the ego of the once superpower America. The Iranian Foreign Ministry and its strategists have taunted America by referring to ‘Five O’Clock Follies’, which has raised questions on the Pentagon’s credibility. What is ‘Five O’Clock Follies’? Due to which America is afraid, the term ‘Five O’Clock Follies’ was born during the Vietnam War. At that time, American military officials in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) held a press briefing every day at 5 pm. In this briefing, the American army used to make exaggerated claims of their victory and told that they were winning the war. But in reality, American troops on the ground were losing and suffering heavy losses. Journalists named these false and ridiculous briefings the ‘Five O’Clock Follies’. Iran says that even today America is making similar false claims against Iran. Warning of getting trapped in a situation like Vietnam, Iran’s senior military commanders have said that America is once again making the mistake of repeating history. Iran argues that just as the American army got trapped in the jungles of Vietnam and eventually had to flee from there, the same situation will happen in the mountains and deserts of Iran. Iran has warned that it will prove to be a more difficult opponent than Vietnam. The purpose of this comparison is to scratch the old wounds of the Vietnam War within the American public and its leadership and to psychologically weaken them. Countering Donald Trump’s ‘disastrous’ claims, US President Donald Trump had recently said that he would ‘eliminate’ Iran. Responding to this, Iranian media wrote that Trump’s words are also like ‘Five O’Clock Follies’, in which there is less truth and more pretense. Iran believes that America wants to win the war only on the basis of ‘propaganda’, whereas the ground reality is exactly the opposite. Iran has directly challenged America on the basis of its missile capability and ‘Proxy Warriors’. Who is ahead in psychological warfare? Experts believe that this statement of Iran has been given very thoughtfully. As soon as the name ‘Vietnam’ comes up, divisions begin in American politics. Iran knows that the American people are not in favor of another long and expensive war. In such a situation, by using words like ‘Five O’Clock Follies’, Iran wants to send the message that the American government is hiding the truth from its people and pushing them towards another destructive war.