Myth 5: The Viet Cong were an idealistic nationalist group, just like the American Minutemen

The Viet Cong engaged in acts of terror as a matter of policy; grenades and bombs thrown into public venues, assassinations of police officers and army officials, etc.
From the beginning, in 1941, the Viet Cong systematically eliminated their opposition by betraying them to the French
Beginning in 1945 they began using assassinations and violence to eliminate opposition leaders and intimidate peasants into supporting them.
During the Tet offensive, the Viet Cong murdered more than 5000 civilians in Hue by strangulation and burying them alive.
The Viet Cong used torture and murder of village leaders to intimidate the rural population into compliance with their goals