syria, egypt, the rest of the ME Fustercluck
and then the Zimmerman riots.
2013, part of the decline.  By 2030, the US had dissolved as the USSR had done a few years before, also after invading Afghanistan.
Rome did not fall in a day, but things happen faster now.
Got ammo?  Bleach?  Food?  Arms for neighbors?  Coffee, tobacco, tequila, aspirin?
Batteries?   Dial-up modem and line configured on your cellphone?  Tested?