While Director Light and his wife were out vacationing, Commander Bingham greenlit the Operation Independence Strike. Using the New American Empire's first AI, Independence, they took down the various communication networks across the NWNO. The Order Intelligence Agency was first, then Independence fired the missiles of the NWO at NNR cities, creating a chaos, without a single trace of American involvement. The attack took only about 15 minutes to happen, but in a matter of hours, the two nations were at war, the New World Order mustered their reserve troops to meet the advances of the New Nazi Reich.
However, they were both beaten into submission by Saudi Arabia, and the Middle Eastern Theocracy. The Theocracy took the stage for the first time, launching missiles and unveiling their own Automaton called Prophet. The Fuhrer Automaton wasn't nearly strong enough to take on Prophet, Fuhrer hadn't been fully repaired from his battle with Liberty Bell and was torn to pieces only to have him taken by the Saudis' back to their homeland for them to research.
This worried the New American Empire, their past history with the Middle East proved to still linger in the minds of everyone, so Leon Defense Agency began building a second automaton and upgrading Liberty Bell. Project Lincoln Douglas was under way by the time Director Light returned home, only to find that American Infrastructure was undergoing massive changes. The New Japanese Territories had sent engineers over and they had been busy drafting plans for a new American Highway, Transport, and Electrical Grid. It wouldn't be long before most of the failed attempts of the old government were washed away. Replacing most fossil fuel powered plants, was Nuclear Green Energy as laid out in President Ghost's "American Prosperity Act". The act was to bring America into the 21st century fully, making sure everything they was in the best interest of the people. The classic automobiles that Former President Overlord had commissioned were not being regulated for emission but rated on user comfort and mechanic's ease.
"If the rest of the world wishes to save the planet through Emission reduction, they are free to do so, however we will not participate in that crap, rather we will convert over to nuclear energy, and I hereby ban the use, ownership, or sales of Electric vehicles in any and all of the New American Empire states. Failure to comply with this, shall result in 15 years in jail, Lithium mining hurts the planet worse than carbon dioxide which the planet can naturally use. Furthermore, the Amazon Jungle is now a National Park, and is currently off limits to the public until wildlife experts can confirm the state of the Amazon."
The nation was a little divided on the Electric car issue, but all of them agreed that with everything else, regardless of political affiliation.
When Director light returned to his office, things really began heating up for the New American Empire and the Middle Eastern Theocracy.