I respect your perspective and agree with you regarding Ho Chi Minh.
From my perspective, I see him as an evil opportunist, taking advantage of the turmoil in the country. I agree with you about the Buddhists hating the communists. This was especially true after the Tet offensive when the North killed over 4,000 people in Hue’.
Communism is a poison, feeding on hatred wherever it appears. Chairman Mao used the same hatred and division to drive out Chiang Kai-shek.
Ho was a die-hard communist, a member of the Comintern, and a firmly pro-Soviet ally. We were never seriously to be considered ally: we worked with Ho to fight the Japanese but it was strictly an alliance of convenience for the duration of the war.
The American Pro-enemy Left featured Ho Chi Minh as a "Father of his country" and pushed Hanoi's propaganda but it was all lies and only served as a fifth column against us and our war aims against communism's latest foray.
Hopefully, the bastard's at a place where the temperature setting is Deep Fat Fry.