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As public resistance to the war heightened, the resolution was repealed by Congress in January 1971.

As public resistance to the war heightened, the resolution was repealed by Congress in January 1971.

The ''New York Times'' claimed that the US had provoked the incident, but the [[Pentagon papers]] (published by the same newspaper) showed this to be false. <ref>The Times went on to assert that American forces had deliberately provoked the alleged attacks on its ships in the Gulf of Tonkin to justify a Congressional resolution supporting our war efforts. In fact, the Pentagon papers said the opposite: there was no evidence that we had provoked whatever attacks may have occurred. [http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/feature/?id=110009203] </ref>

The ''New York Times'' claimed that the US had provoked the incident, but the [[Pentagon papers]] (published by the same newspaper) showed this to be false.<ref>The Times went on to assert that American forces had deliberately provoked the alleged attacks on its ships in the Gulf of Tonkin to justify a Congressional resolution supporting our war efforts. In fact, the Pentagon papers said the opposite: there was no evidence that we had provoked whatever attacks may have occurred. [http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/feature/?id=110009203]</ref>

==Notes==

==Notes==

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