The gulf of tonkin incident involved the placement of missiles in a foreign country a cia-sponsored coup d'état in south vietnam torpedo boats attacking an american destroyer the daily bombing of north vietnamese targets

The correct answer is C. Torpedo boats attacking an American destroyer.

Explanation:

The Gulf of Tonkin Incident took place in August 1964 and it involved North Vietnamese warships that attacked warships from the United States. These attacks took place in two opportunities in the Gulf of Tonkin, which was a body of water near to what is today Vietnam.

The United States president at that time was Lyndon Baines Johnson. He demanded that the United States had not provoked the attacks saying that North Vietnam was the place where these attacks had begun.

However, some reports that were published after this conflict, showed that  the United States had provoked the attacks.

the best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the second choice "less supportive to the war of 1812"

the war of 1812 was a military conflict that lasted from june 1812 to february 1815, fought between the united states of america and the united kingdom, its north american colonies, and its native american allies.

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