The law of unintended consequences. History is replete with other examples. The British seizure of the two Turkish battleships in 1914 helped cause the Ottomans to join the Central Powers and the decision to break up the Empire after the war quite possibly led to the Middle-east becoming the great mess it is today. The decision to open Japan by intimidation in 1853 led to that nation modernizing into a great industrial power and becoming our mortal enemy in WW2.
You are a very clear-visioned man, sir.