This is my question and the $64,000 question that separates this story from a massive cover-up a questionable clandestine operation to cover-up of incompetence for election purposes.
Based on stories today, Obama (via Hillary) has now separated the US from Al-Qaeda back leaders in the Syrian Opposition. This is significant because this provides motive to the operatives in Libya to attack the consulate.
Although this news is almost 2 months after the attack, that does not mean this decision was just made... it was already made and delayed because of the attack.
Somehow though Russian sources, our operation became exposed. As I have posted, this is a drug deal gone bad. Obama pulls out of the arrangement, but a big problem exist, we have arms to be shipped to Syrian. So the Libyans attack the consulate primarily to capture the weapons surrendered to US Operation for shipment to Libya. We don't call in for help because it is a deal gone bad, i.e,. you don't call the cops because someone stole your drugs.
Everything posted can be backed except the idea weapons were on site. Even if weapons were not there, it does not mean the Libyans though that. (It maybe the weapons were delivered but the Libyans did not know that).
Reread the articles.
Hillary did NOT separate the US from the AQ-backed leaders, but actually separated us from a group of more or less moderate opponents of Assad on the grounds that they were ineffective in building a coalition. She then said that we need to give more support to the “activists” who are “on the ground and doing the fighting,” and with few exceptions, at this point in the game, that would be a combination of run-of-the-mill Islamists and outright AQ backed groups.
What you’ve written does make sense and explain it, but I keep looking at Obama’s motives to overthrow governments in the Middle East. I’m thinking Hillary just said, “We received your message from Benghazi. We will stop.” Why didn’t 150 guys in Benghazi just overrun both facilities? There’s a big difference in military terms between an “attack” and a “raid”. This looks like a raid. Why just a raid?