Originally Posted by sycld
More like stretching to the breaking point, even aside from the fact that the military wants knowledge of modern, not ancient, Iraq and Afghanistan (well, it's pathetic that they don't even seem to care about that either.)
I don't know how generalized his knowledge his, but ancient history degrees usually focus primarily upon Roman and Greek history anyway. Iraq was home to the Fertile Crescent civilizations which were some of the most ancient ones in proximity to Europe, and there was a period in which Afghanistan was heavily Hellenized as reflected in its almost Classical looking Buddhist sculpture, but really I don't think his knowledge is very applicable to the history of either country.