“There will be no return to the status quo ante, no ultimate American triumph that will undo or overcome the harm done,” he concluded bleakly. Kagan argued that control over the Strait of Hormuz has fundamentally shifted the balance of power.  “With control of the strait, Iran emerges as the key player in the region and one of the key players in the world,”

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/neocon-grandee-robert-kagan-issues-surprise-scathing-critique-iran-war

 

Kagan co-founded the neoconservative think tank Project for the New American Century (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century) and is married to Victoria Nuland (former US Assistant Secretary of State)  (https://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/) & (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957).