@Fusilier: All valid points. Taken together, it is a compelling case. My thinking was that as soon as the U.S. put a brigade on the ground to defend the refineries, no matter how modest they happen to be, they just became that more tempting of a target for a nuke. Two birds with one stone and all that.
Perhaps the Soviets had some hope of someday capturing the facilities. That might make them hold off.
That's why I think a communist revolution/coup in Kenya is the way to go. The Soviets and Cubans could have advisors there to assist the revolutionaries. That would both give NATO a reason to send in a brigade combat team AND force the Soviets to think twice about nuking the facilities.
@Rainbow6: Excellent! Thanks. That would be a great way to include commonwealth troops in the campaign. Another way I just thought of would be to include European PMCs tasked with guarding the refineries prior to the arival of the 173rd. And then there's embassy personel.
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