Well the Germans were a democracy, so the only change there was the candidates.
As far as Japan went, they were all on one island and not hard to locate. We were occupiers and there was no opposition.
I don't see either being comparable to Iraq.
We will fight the jihadist or suffer the consequences, it has and is their call.
With only two countries heavily into the support of Islamic Jihad we had better keep it that way.
The American people better stiffen their backs because we haven't heard from Latin America yet so we sure don't need a unified Middle East.