America In Peril

America In Peril is a scenario made by Builder018, which focuses on a near-future war in the United States of America. This scenario will cover the course of the war, as well as the political, electoral, and social consequences it causes.

Background
On April 19, 2021, Miguel Díaz-Canel was appointed as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, making him the de-facto leader of the country. While many expected Canel to continue the moderation of foreign policy the previous presidents had implemented, Canel instead quickly began deepening trade and military co-operation with Russia and China. President Joe Biden refuted multiple attempts by Congress to implement precautionary measures against military build-up in Cuba, as well as attempts to authorize surveillance of the island, stating in a May 27, 2021 speech, "These measures and these surveillance laws would hurt our attempts to open Cuba back up to the world. This isn't the cold war anymore." In total, President Biden vetoed 14 bills related to defense against threats from Cuba.

On January 13, 2022, an article was published in the Associated Press which detailed potential attempts by Russia to utilize Cuba as a launch pad for a sabotage attack on the United States, with cities such as Miami, Houston, Atlanta, Washington, and New York considered significant potential targets. This article, combined with reports from security and intelligence experts and military leaders, prompted a Congressional investigation. President Biden again refuted the attempts at surveillance, calling the investigation "Cold War type hysteria", and the investigative committee was eventually dissolved with no action taken.

On May 25, 2022, NATO forces were put on high alert and DEFCON 2 was activated in response to a short-range missile test near Camaguey. President Biden addressed the nation the next day, stating his belief that there was nothing to fear, and that this was simply Cuba testing its military capacity, as other countries do. In response, articles of impeachment were introduced against President Biden, accusing him of willingly letting the nation stumble in the face of a direct threat. The articles narrowly failed in the House of Representatives, 215-220.

On July 14, 2022, the city of Miami and surrounding cities such as Hialeah, Homestead, and Fort Lauderdale suddenly lost power for a period of 14 minutes. While the federal government attributed this to a failure at a nearby power plant, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ordered the Florida Legislature to open an investigation, which found that the outage was caused by a high-frequency, high-power, targetted signal, coming from Cuba. Governor DeSantis immediately appealed to the federal government for help, but was rebuked as paranoid and conspiratorial. Radios, GPS signals, and other wave-based communications were out for weeks, leading some to conclude that the attack was a new, powerful jamming attack, with the blackout being a coincidence due to the sheer size of the attack.