I’m almost certain that this was a set up to get US weapons to al Queda (with Obama’s consent)
But considering that these troops were trained by Obama’s army, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the battle took place while “our” rebels were celebrating “transgender day.”
It wouldn’t surprise me that the DOD asked to review their Affirmative Action plan before weapons and training would be provided.
The “Arab spring” was/is a State Department/CIA operation seeking to topple the governments of Egypt, Libya, and Syria. In Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood was installed and only massive protests supporting the Egyptian military unseated the islamist Muslim Brotherhood. In Libya there are various islamist factions are fighting for control of the ruined country. Syria is still in play.
Gen. Patreaus has since at least 2012 been coordinating shipment of arms supplied by Qatar and Saudi Arabia through Turkey to “good” Syrian rebels as well as providing US training to those rebels.