Unintended Consequences: America and Japan

When Commodore Matthew Perry forced Japan to join the modern world in 1854, I doubt he expected they would grow strong enough to attack America 87 years later...but they did.

And when America's WWII military leaders encouraged the Soviets to help us finish off the now-modern Japan in 1945, I doubt they realized it would lead to America having to deal with a nuclear-armed North Korea 60 years later...but it did.

What future problems will arise from America's current struggle to turn Iraq into a "modern" country?

Guess we'll have to wait and see...