It was. For one thing they had everybody at the annex after forcing a rescue of survivors from the main consulate property. They had temporarily split our forces and ambushed one of the rescue vehicles which barely made it back to the annex. Once they had them all in one spot the concerted attacks began.
Why didn’t they over run the CIA Annex? If they had 150 troops with RPGs and mortars and heavy machine guns, why didn’t they overrun the Annex? It’s because that wasn’t the objective. So, what was the objective at the Annex?