With the release of the Afghan war documents to The Gurdian, The New York Times and Der Spiegel via Wikileaks, we have a truer understanding of the thud and blunder of war. People are surprised at how clumsy NATO forces are working in the lands beyond the Hindu Kush, but Tolstoy was writing about the vagaries and uncertain outcomes of war, especially pitched battles, 140 years ago. Yet what truly shocked me was Wikileaks blithe dismissal of their publication of sensitive information relating to Afghan individuals and locations as "misclassifications" - as callous as a neo-con. When their lives are not at risk, the people of Wikileaks are unconcerned at putting others in danger for the cause of crusading liberalism - they would probably call it 'the price of freedom' but that is a phrase we heard too often during the previous US presidency.