> This is the reality of asymmetric warfare, where doing
  > your job walking down the street in Baghdad can get you
  > killed.

And this was unknown prior to wikileaks, right? Right? You do know that the video you linked is "edited" to put it mildly?

  > There are 1000's of such incidents we know about thanks to
  > Manning. 

Yeah, sure. Nobody else knew.

  > If anybody actually looks at the material, you'll grasp its
  > significance immediately

Yes, it is easy to grasp the significance — next to none. That's why nobody talks about those cables any more.

My cynical view is that wikileaks was just a tool for Asange to make a name for himself. Manning? Just colateral damage.