The media narrative that describes the actions of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after the ouster of Libyan stronman Moammar Gaddafi holds her harmless for the massive confusion and chaos.  But former defense secretary Robert Gates accuses Clinton of failing to plan for what followed the Gaddafi regime. "Smart power," indeed, Daily Beast: As then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who opposed the U.S. intervention, frustratingly explained to The Daily Beast: “We were playing it by ear.” And the consequences of that improvisation are still being felt today. The country is an epicenter of the refugee crisis sweeping the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. Part of Libya is under the control of the self-proclaimed Islamic State. And the Russians use the U.S.-NATO intervention in Libya to justify their own military incursions in places like Syria. But to Clinton, Libya was—and still remains—a major achievement. “We came,...(Read Full Post)