https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident
If a similar situation were to happen again, then that would be the perfect excuse for a perpetual war with Iran.
https://blnews.net/from-tonkin-to-hormuz-the-anatomy-of-an-american-war-pretext
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-iran-war-escalation
https://www.counterpunch.org/2008/01/08/the-gulf-of-tonkin-and-the-strait-of-hormuz
If something similar were to happen in the Strait+of+Hormuz, things could get very ugly and dangerous.