'Leaking' the Obvious

Is it a secret to state the obvious? No say two writers for the Washington Post:

"The war in Afghanistan cannot be won as winning is now defined -- defeat of the Taliban, eradication of al-Qaeda and the preservation of a functioning central government run by someone like our close friend and cherished ally, Hamid Karzai. This is not going to happen." Read Wikileaks, telling us the obvious in Afghanistan.

"The tens of thousands of classified military documents posted on the Internet Sunday confirm what critics of the war in Afghanistan already knew or suspected: We are wading deeper into a long-running, morally ambiguous conflict that has virtually no chance of ending well." Read Wikileaks reveal the obvious dangers of Afghanistan.