Don't feel so bad. Richard Nixon wasn't fooled either when he heard about Lucas equating the vietcong and the ewoks in Jedi. He wrote in his book that Lucas apparently failed to notice that the vietcong "peasants" were trained and armed with AK-47's by the soviet union.
Nixon actually referenced that in one of his books? Out of curiosity, which book did Nixon make that observation? I’m actually genuinely interested regarding this.