Assertion: affair | /r/CapableOf | waste quite a bit of time
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text: Because Ashkenazi is probably going to enter politics, once his “cooling-off” period - required of all senior IDF officials before making such a move - ends in slightly more than a year; because the affair wastes quite a bit of time on the part of upper-echelon defense officials - time better spent on issues like Iran, Syria, and Hamas; because it sheds quite a bit of light on the behavior of people making life-and-death decisions that affect all of us; because this whole messy affair is hurting IDF morale.