This is Ed Morrissey of Hotair.com for Town Hall.

The Iranians had one reasonable chance to negotiate an end to the war.

Donald Trump sent J.D. Vance, reportedly a skeptic of military action to Islamabad to lead the

American delegation. The Pakistan government urged the Iranians to take this seriously.

Instead, the IRGC junta refused to negotiate at all on the main points of the

conflict, especially their pursuit of nuclear weapons and claims of sovereign control of the

Strait of Hormuz. Then Trump ordered a blockade of all Iranian shipping through the

strait, a move that will cost Iran's regime $450 million a day in lost sales and eliminate their

only reliable method of resupply during the war.

The Iranians threatened to escalate, but Trump has his own escalation options too.

As military analysts, Sasha Bruckman told a German news program,

the Battle of Hormuz is a game of chicken, and it is dangerous to play a game of chicken against Donald Trump.

That's the lesson the world ought to be learning.

It's a lesson we need to see through to the end in Iran.

Here's something most people don't know.

When Warren Buffett was just 13 years old, he didn't put his money into a savings account.

While other kids were earning next to nothing at local banks, Buffett put $114 into a little-known

investment. Today, that $114 would be worth over $15 million. And it wasn't a risky trade,

it wasn't even insider knowledge. It was an account that's been around since 1888, and over

the last 25 years, it's average 29% a year. That's what happens

when your money is allowed to compound. Compare that to today's savings accounts, paying

less than half a percent, while inflation quietly eats away at your buying power. Buffett understood

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