It has become so widely accepted that the US lost the war with Iran that now even American neoconservative hawks admit it. Ben Norton explains why major neocons like Robert Kagan and Bill Kristol have turned against the war. They lament that Iran's victory reflects the decline of the US empire and the transition to a more multipolar world order.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrlXNHSCfoQ

Topics

0:00 USA lost war with Iran

1:47 Poll: war is unpopular

2:42 Media admits USA lost

3:32 Iran still has most missiles

4:39 Iran withstands US blockade

5:21 Iran destroyed US bases

6:03 US hawks admit the truth

7:25 Neocons and PNAC

9:13 George W Bush admin

9:55 Neoconservatism

11:30 Rise of Donald Trump

12:00 Hillary Clinton

12:44 Victoria Nuland

13:41 Coup in Ukraine

15:29 (CLIP) US-backed coup

16:14 US "checkmate" in Iran

17:05 Decline of US hegemony

18:26 Iran has major leverage

19:22 US defeat

20:34 Neocons abandon ship

22:14 Poll: Americans oppose war

22:44 Poll: Americans say US lost

23:30 Crisis of US imperialism

23:57 Outro