When you comment that these cables are mundane in nature, you are assuming that you yourself are indicative of the audience as a whole. If you do not believe that millions upon millions of people will read this, you are mistaken. And many, if not the vast majority, of these readers will have previously been in the dark as to the information contained therein. So to them, this is not mundane; it's extraordinary. Furth…
I don't think they're mundane -- some are quite amusing, such as the Afghan vice president trousering $52 million.
> If you do not believe that millions upon millions of people will read this, you are mistaken.
I'm sure millions will read them.
> And many, if not the vast majority, of these readers will have previously been in the dark as to the information contained therein.
It's not so much that they're in the dark about the information, it's that they have an unrealistic view of how world affairs are conducted. This might be because they're naive, or because their nationalist sentiments cause them to believe their own country acts more virtuously on the world stage than countries actually do, or whatever. Or it may just be because most people don't pay much attention to world affairs.
But for whatever reason, if someone's bubble is pricked and they later understand world affairs better, that person is more rational. And improving rationality worldwide is likely to be in the long term interest of the human species.
> So to them, this is not mundane; it's extraordinary.
Then hopefully it will cause them to update their worldview.