Loose lips sink ships! Or just troops in Afghanistan

The big story this week has been the leaking of thousands of classified documents on the war in Afghanistan. There only thing is, those papers didn't tell us anything we didn't already know: things weren't looking too good up until the troop surge. Isn't anything sacred anymore? Has ideology trumped any pride or desire for national security? In WWII people were extremely vigilant about the release of ANY information, however benign, should it benefit the enemy in any way. Even regular citizens. What did this incident gain anyone besides the adulation of a treasonous esteem-lacking young man by the rabidly anti-war Left? Hopefully not the blood of our military personnel or innocent Afghanis seeking to end Taliban rule. Has it occurred to anyone that we could have been out of there years ago had we gone in with the intention of actually winning? No one likes to go to war, but you don't go with the intention of caving. War sucks. Innocent people die. It's been happening since time immemorial. But once you commit to "helping" a group of people escape subjugation, you don't bail on them because the leadership isn't on board or it isn't popular anymore.
We learned 35 years ago what happens when politicians bail on a war effort. Contrary to what the media would like people to believe, we DID win in Vietnam. It's called the cease-fire. However, we left the South Vietnamese hanging, and let them fall victim to the communists by not providing them with money and arms. If you don't think the communists didn't know exactly who was helping the Americans, and tortured them for it, you have been living under a rock for 35 years. This is what will happen in Afghanistan if we back off. Actually, since these un-redacted papers were released, along with the names of hundreds of indigenous informants, the Taliban is now actively hunting them. Taliban hunting informants.
God help you, Mr. Bradley Manning. In my opinion you no longer rate your military rank. You have made it possible to put your own fellow military members at risk. How dare you! And why isn't the Left more outraged if they are so pro-military and pro-national security?
There is precedent for people like this.We threw Benedict Arnold out of the country. Maybe you should go live in Afghanistan with your Taliban buddies, Manning. I'm sure they'd like you for helping them, but if you ever betrayed them like you did your own country, they'd see to it you lost your head. Literally.