I am not going to let you off trivializing things that are a lot harder than you make them out to be and your attitude tells me that PoliSci at West Point is not the world's hardest subject. That is consistent with what I know about the depth of instruction at the military academies.
I have a PhD in physics from one of the most difficult schools in the country. I had colleagues getting PhDs in foreign languages and literature and in political science, and I assure you they worked a lot harder and and to know a lot more about their subject than I had to know about mine. I did not, in addition to writing an original research thesis have to demonstrate that I had detailed understanding of the writings and theories of critical interpretation of the 100 greatest physicists in history, starting with Archimedes or some such.
Heh...well that's par for the course...as a swabbie (and a bubblehead to boot)you don't have to be all THAT bright.
Seriously though... you know as well as I, that type of degree field is based not on arguing fact, but on putting on the proper twist to please the prof. You can argue that the moon is made of swiss cheese as long as you can twist enough quotes out of some obscure manuscript backing up your assertion.... it doesn't change the fact that the moon is not made of cheese. In that regard, those fields are no more serious than being a drama major. They might have had to know a lot of shit.... but that doesn't make it a rigorous discipline... in fact I'd say just the opposite.