Gaffney’s scenario and reasons are plausible to me. Gaffney is very experienced in the defense area and I’ve never seen him run off with conspiracy theories.
Maybe the Jihadis in Libya got pissed because we were sending their weapons to the Jihadis in Syria.
I agree that Gaffney makes a compelling case. The theory about Syrian involvement is my addition to it. It seems to me that you need more than general hatred for us to put together a well planned attack on several buildings separated by a mile. They used more than rifles and RPGs; they used mortars and that takes set-up time and spotters. The attackers also included blocking units that tried to ambush our personnel as they traveled between the buildings. This sounds very professional, definitely not something cobbled together on the spur of the moment.