COMMENTARY_ Lessons from Vietnam: Israel must destroy Gaza tunnels, Hamas

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Lessons from Vietnam: Israel must destroy Gaza tunnels, Hamas

Illustration on Hamas’ tunnels by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times more >

COMMENTARY

By Peter Navarro - - Tuesday, October 24, 2023

OPINION:


If there is any one lesson from America’s first lost war — the Vietnam War — it is that tunnels can play a pivotal role. That lesson informs today’s war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and explains why there can be no security in Israel without the total destruction of Hamas’ Gaza “terror tunnels.”

During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops used an extensive tunnel system in and around Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) that stretched for more than 150 miles to the Cambodian border. They prosecuted their war right under the noses and boots of American and South Vietnamese troops.

From these “tunnels of Cu Chi,” several major military operations were launched, including the devastating 1968 Tet Offensive that put the American command on its heels and turned the tide of the war. These tunnels were also a synergistic adjunct to the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail, which delivered troops, supplies and weapons from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia to the Viet Cong with devastating efficiency.

The tunnels were used to bivouac troops, set booby traps and mount surprise raids, sometimes inside the perimeters of American bases (most devastatingly, Ton Son Nhut Air Base). It took the American military command until 1966 to recognize the seriousness of this lethal threat, and the response was beyond inadequate — brave American “tunnel rats” armed with only pistols and flashlights were sent fruitlessly into the breach. Without an effective tunnel response, we never stood a chance.

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