Japan had a thriving Western democracy before the rule of generals and before they had a full democracy their leaders prepared and accepted that democracy was the way to go and began a generations long drive to educate and remove class distinctions from their country.
Your statement was a waste of time.
I would hardly consider Japan a "Western" democracy when it had an Emperor who was worshiped as a God. Your statement was quite declarative that we never built democracies. I gave a couple good examples of countries in which we did revert, or reinvigorate democracies. You may split hairs if you'd like, but I still submit that without the largess of the United States, as well as the blood we shed, neither Germany or Japan would resemble anything like the democracies they are today.
Given that this thread was discussing the anti-war rantings of a radio talk show host regarding Iraq, I think that it is a reasonable comparison. If that is a waste of your time, then so be it.