You know...in the lead up to the Spanish Armada attack on England, all Elizabeths advisors were begging her to placate that super power or we'd be defeated and broken for years to come.
Anyway, she was defiant, and determined to go our own way and do the things we wanted, not the way someone else wanted.
And we prevailed.
For years the English economy suffered. But as a direct result of that point in history, we became the worlds largest Empire (two Empires in actual fact) . Invented everything, ran everything, and colonised everything.
You're the guy on September 8th 1588 saying "Uh @*!# this, I was gonna go on holiday to Spain this year too"
Moral of the story? Don't expect any country to make pivotal decisions based on your holiday plans.