"The joke's ultimately on the Syrian rebels"

"...In the case of the arms embargo, the joke is ultimately on the Syrian rebels. For now, France has no intention of sending weapons to opposition forces. (Nor, for that matter, does Great Britain.) Despite his claim that acting in Syria is the most effective way of mastering the chaos, Hollande seems determined to make haste slowly. All the more so as the battle France is fighting on the economic front has grown even more desperate. ..."