A company that has been forced to not doing anything in site phase, cannot choose whether to enter, or do not enter a site.Near to Hear a Whisper wrote:Any agent may attack a company at his site at the starting of the site phase if the company chooses not to enter the site. May be revealed on-guard if the company chooses not to enter the site. Discard when any play deck is exhausted. Cannot be duplicated. 'He can smell us, perhaps. And he can hear keen as Elves, I believe. I think he has heard something now: our voices probably.' -LotRIV
So is not affected by Near to Hear a Whisper.
This is a question of wording. That wording may be unfortunate, but it also may be intentional.
There is the card Many Foes he Fought, that may or may not be played, depending on who makes a some choice.
All underlines mine.Many Foes he Fought wrote:If defender chooses a warrior to be the target of a strike from an attack, that character may choose to face any number of the strikes from that attack. The character suffers a cumulative -1 prowess/-1 body for each additional strike faced. The character faces a separate strike sequence for each strike. ...and they shot a rain of arrows: always at Boromir.-LotRIII