By my decree, the only cities that matter...

1. ISTANBUL (Western)
2. TOKYO (Eastern)

(Yes, West comes first. Just the way it is, folks. But East has the money power, or Shiva power, or potential power, or power, for what it's worth. West still has the energy, though.)

And what this means in terms of foreign policy:
- Barack Obama will win the race for president. (Not sure if that ties in actually, just throwing it out there.)
- Sunnis will again control Iraq.
- Iran will settle down.
- Kurds will not settle down.
- Turkey will join EU.
- Turkey will bomb Kurds. Kill Kurds. Slaughter them.
- Iran will fight Turkey.
- Iraq will fight Iraq, in Iraq.
- Turkey will win, Sunnis will win, Kurds will lose, Iran will lose. Mysticism will lose. Monism will lose. Money will lose. Monotheism will win. And we will rue the day, those of us who are mystical and monist and money oriented. Like Devendra Banhart, for example. And Barack Obama.

Also, US boys will see lotta action maybe. Maybe not. Why not? Why wouldn't they. Sure we will. Yuck who knows what's gonna happen in the next 15-20 years. 2012's a bust, though, hippies, wake up.