File under the Department of D'uh

News outlets are reporting that France is supplying arms to the Libyan rebel groups fighting Col. Moammar Qadhafi's forces. Some folks are, um, up in arms over the move. "[This] is a very crude violation of UN Security Council resolution 1970," cried Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, wringing his hands furiously. I mean, we can't allow the rebels to actually win, can we? Why, that would be - uncivilized. I've wondered why, as Tom Rick noted, the rebels have been lately doing better militarily. Reportedly, they're seizing and holding more ground. Now we know. We'd be further along had the rebels been given arms from day one.