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"WTF??? Why the HELL NOT?????? "

Because it was a consulate, and not an embassy. An embassy is the territorial property of the represented nation. A consulate is just a secondary location hosted in smaller buildings, usually to support American civilians or activities in that area. It has no special legal rights, and is no more "ours" than any other building belongs to its tenants. Our embassy in Libya is in Tripoli.

The same thing happens in the U.S. and other countries. China has an embassy in Washington D.C. that is guarded by Chinese soldiers and is considered Chinese soil. China also has consulates in New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. These consulates are in regular office buildings and are considered to be American soil. We'd all be pretty pissed if the Chinese brought a bunch of soldiers onto our soil.

It's important to remember that our soldiers have no legal rights in other countries, unless those countries are under the control of the American military. Libya isn't one of those countries. We don't occupy or control them. Legally, our soldiers have the same rights there as tourists and other visitors. There are very few nations that allow heavily armed tourists to walk around their cities. Even fewer will allow foreign soldiers to occupy locations outside of their embassies.