Before you scream ''SJW'' and the like, if something is damn useful to not bundle abroad with firing missiles randomly, it's academic information of the countries in question (saying ''they are bad and hate us for our freedom'' is not very useful). As the article point out, those course works teach a somewhat critical skill for intelligence gathering in the area, the local languages....
I know it's hard to imagine for edgelords, but Iranian soldiers are not talking English with subtext below them, like in the movies
Because imbecility have always to be absolute in the current administration….