When is a red line more of a grey area?

[kandrathe]

For the moment, helping refugees in Jordan, and keeping the Jordanian political system in balance despite the unbalancing effect of half a million refugees in their country (remember Black September, anyone?) is the course of action most in keeping with American interests. So too is reducing the effects of this civil war on Turkey, our NATO ally.

End game: I see the formation of a Kurdish homeland when Syria finally cracks.

And... Enter Israel. Now I don't know how it will go. I don't know if the combatants will pivot and attack them instead. It will certainly radicalize hundreds of thousands of new homicidal mobile human bombs against Israeli civilians (and consequently Israeli allies). France is on the jihad radar due to their recent (stand up) activity in North Africa.