[edpc]

There is a difference between defecting and just getting out of harm’s way. Unless she’s actively providing information and Intel, the term is a bit misplaced.

[El Cid]

There is a difference between defecting and just getting out of harm’s way. Unless she’s actively providing information and Intel, the term is a bit misplaced.

That's the way I took it also. She is not defecting, she is just getting out of Dodge while she can.
Defecting would have been joining the islamic rebels.