CENTCOM Viability

[kalos72]

So in my campaign, by April 2001 we have roughly 1% of total Texas per-war oil production started again. Thats about 5000 barrels per day / 170k gallons of diesel / 30k gallons of jet fuel.

Now as the Texas Military District, the entire eastern part of the state east of 35, improves, Mississippi and LA get pacified and California is cleared of hostiles, production numbers can only increase.

CENTCOM was viewed as being a requirement due to it being the only place the US can get oil from in 2000.

Would keeping an oil source from the Soviets or French perhaps, be important enough to keep CENTCOM active or would it make more sense to pull out and get the troops back to the US?

Thoughts?