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I tend to agree that not having any of the TFO troops get sent to Oklahoma stretches credulity. Fighting men and machines will be drawn to oil like iron filings to a magnet.

Recently, we had a thread about the Mississippi Watershed and the enormous advantage it gives to the US in terms of speeding the recovery. Depending on the state of the locks around Tulsa, barge traffic from the Mississippi could reach eastern Oklahoma. Moving a thousand men and their personal gear via coastal waterways from Virginia to the mouth of the Atchafalaya, then upriver to Tulsa by barge would be more economical than almost any other means. Provided Milgov has some measure of control over the water route, it’s also not much subject to interdiction by the usual suspects. The real drawback is the time involved. A thousand troops have to be fed the whole way. Still, if the end result is greater protection for the oil, it’s a no-brainer. As an added bonus, the barges can go back downriver with tanks of petroleum. Win-win, from the Milgov point of view.