Is South China Sea Freedom of Navigation issue prelude to another Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

The author discusses the issue of South China Sea freedom of navigation as a prelude to another Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that gave former U.S. President Lyndon Johnson an excuse to go to war in Vietnam. The author states that Washington, D.C. asserts that the Chinese activity in land reclamation poses threat to Freedom of Navigation (FON). The author mentions that not everybody believes that might is right and confrontation as best approach to international relations.