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Two US aircraft carriers are on station in the Gulf of Oman in company with eight US destroyers, most likely two nuclear attack submarines and many, many aircraft aboard.
In the Red Sea , where the Houthi militia continues to attack international shipping and where there is an abandoned oil tanker that has been on fire for nearly two weeks now, there are no US warships at all.
China hawks are currently spitting mad at this absence.
The oil tanker MV Sounion was attacked by the Houthis in the Red Sea last week .
Three salvage tugs are now en route to the scene to try and salvage the ship.
The amount of oil onboard, if spilled, would be four times that spilled from the Exxon Valdez .
Less than two days steaming away there is a carrier group that could provide a bubble around the salvage effort that would guarantee its safety.
The US could have done this, unsanctioned the tugs, found a salvage team and had the situation under control 10 days ago if America wanted to.
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