When Adults Run Foreign Policy

(Hat tip: Drudge)

Syria's on the hot seat:

The United States has recalled its ambassador to Syria amid rising tensions over the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri of Lebanon.

Before departing, U.S. Ambassador Margaret Scobey delivered a stern note, called a demarche in diplomatic parlance, to the Syrian government, said an official who discussed the situation only on grounds of anonymity.

State Department spokesman Richard Boucher, announcing the move, said it reflected the Bush administration's "profound outrage" over Hariri's assassination.

Can you imagine how weak John Kerry's response would have been?

Richard Holbrooke would have been cooling his heels in Assad's waiting room just like Warren Christopher did.