I've seen Dani's dragons likened to nukes before, just as the One Ring in LOTR was, which reminds me of what Tolkein wrote:
�I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history � true or feigned� with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.�
And then I think, why does it have to have real world applicability? Well, of course, it doesn't. But I still find the most interesting elements of the show (and the books that I've read) to be those that mirror our own world (including the medieval/tudor worlds, e.g.) This stuff is what made people latch onto GoT; like me, many would never have bothered with it if it had been just dragons and zombies and all that stuff.
The point droid makes about the effect of war on ordinary people is interesting, because the show hasn't really shown an 'ordinary person''s perspective, has it? I recall there being a much more vivid depiction, in the books, of how the general population had been devastated by war.
I suppose there's limited interest in asking this show to be what it isn't. After all, if it was just a Medieval version of The Wire it wouldn't be nearly as fun.