Ans: E) The second of two reported attacks in the gulf may not actually have occurred.
What was controversial about the events that served as the rationale for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
A) The U.S. military did not know if the attacks in the gulf came from the Vietnamese or Chinese.
B) The U.S. Navy had deliberately provoked the North Vietnamese to attack.
C) The offensive in the gulf came from South Vietnam, not the North as reported.
D) The attacks in the gulf were in response to a secret and overwhelming American bombing campaign.
E) The second of two reported attacks in the gulf may not actually have occurred.
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