"DSK" wrote
bull****, unless by "no significant shooting" you choose to ignore the
thousands of North Vietnamese shooting at South Vietnamese people, and
occasionally vice versa.

Read the Vietnamese gov't's own version of history, they will tell you
that they had a significant cadre infiltrated "freedom fighters" into
South Viet Nam, where they took over isolated villages (peacefully of
course), recruited Viet Cong fifth-columnists, and disrupted as much of
the country's normal activities as they could, including murdering gov't
officials.

First, the Viet Cong didn't need to infiltrate because many never left. They
controlled both the Mecong Delta region AND the North when the country was
partitioned. Those who'd whipped France simply hid their weapons awaiting
the election. Then Diem & Co set up a government similar to Saddam's
Baathists. Only family were allowed any national authority and only
Catholics were allowed to hold even local village offices. If an "isolated
village" of Buddists elected a Buddist leader Diem sent a squad to kill the
electee and install a Catholic. That led some Viet Cong to dig up their guns
and indeed disrupt Diem's plans by murdering those appointed 'Government
Officials'.

... until the South Vietnamese Government refused to abide by the
agreement and hold reunification elections.

yeah yeah, you will not ever grasp the fact of this matter, will you?

That's because your "facts" are in fact faith-based and without foundation -
except of course in Diem's notes (c: