All right, hello, hello.

So we're just going to go ahead and make this happen.

Sorry about the technical difficulties.

We try.

We're going to launch a Patreon live stream for the first time, and that was an abject failure.

But we are here.

We're doing the live stream.

And Allison and I have agreed to try to cover as many questions as we possibly can,

starting from the first submitted.

So we're going to take these in order that they were posted on our Patreon and work through

as many as possible.

And as things continue to smoothen out, we will also check the live chat.

I just want to make sure I have the panel open.

Okay, the live chat and we'll, as we go through, perhaps interact with our comrades and listeners

in the live chat itself. So let's just go ahead and get into it. People will still trickle in.

I know this is not ideal. We had to kind of fly by the seat of our pants with regards to doing this

over here, but it is what it is. So, um, we can just take turns, perhaps asking questions. Allison,

I'll go first. So this is from, that sounds perfect. Okay. This is a week ago from Pereuero. Hello, Brett

and Allison. Could you please discuss the plausibility of the U.S. out of frustration and desperation to maintain

hegemony in West Asia, actually launching some type of nuclear strike against Iran? Not only how plausible

that may be, but also what could be potential reactions by the global South, specifically by

Russia, China, and the DPRK. I know it's a big question, but your dialectical analysis on the

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