This essay has a good historical analogy...
"CENTCOM remains the operational and institutional center of gravity for the U.S. military, absorbing high-demand assets, dictating deployment rhythms, and monopolizing policy bandwidth. ... Thus, it is a bureaucratic and strategic vortex that resists de-prioritization, even as its theater becomes less strategically vital."The Global War on a Noun apparently came with a hell of an institutional hangover.
