Test paragraph 9

What worries me most about this war is the absence of an exit ramp. The United States can degrade Iran militarily, but it cannot destroy Iran as a nation, a society, or a civilization. Iran has 85 million people and a history stretching back millennia. History from Iraq to Afghanistan has shown repeatedly that military destruction does not automatically produce political resolution. Destroying Iran’s military and nuclear infrastructure does not eliminate Iran’s persistent hostility. In the long run, it is more likely to produce deeper anti-Americanism and a clandestine return to nuclear ambitions. Wars of this type almost always end in some form of political compromise — and the earlier that compromise is designed, the less chaos surrounds it when it eventually comes.