original_query: What were the reasons for the failure of the movement to protect the hamlets?
query: What were the reasons for the failure of the Strategic Hamlet Program to protect the hamlets?
answer: The Strategic Hamlet Program failed due to several factors: rapid and poorly planned implementation leading to inadequate defenses, corruption among officials diverting resources and causing resentment, unreliable ARVN support, the Viet Cong's effective propaganda and infiltration, and the unpopularity of forced relocation among the peasantry.