229: Spartans

Mine eyes have seen the hotness of the coming of King Leonidas and his 300 men. I am converted. I shall stand firmly with the warmongers now. Joining their chorus, I shall sing, "Stand and fight!" The American Republic must not rest on its laurels of conquering Babylonia. No, never! While there is radioactive evil lurking just across the border, we must press on and fight on. Yes, like King Leonidas and his 300 men, our warriors, too, must fight the Persians.

But a caveat—our brave warriors must dress like them:


and the must pose like him:


Only then, I give my support wholly and completely.

By the way, I don't know if the filmmaker is making any political statement regarding this current war through the movie, and I highly doubt that there is a commentary, seeing that the graphic novel predates Bush's presidency, but I like creating meanings out of nothing.