aspire destroy: Purge soft-deleted Azure resources after resource group deletion
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Description
## Problem
Several Azure resources support soft-delete and will block re-creation with the same name after `aspire destroy`:
| Resource | Retention | Impact |
|----------|-----------|--------|
| Key Vault | 90 days | Can't create new vault with same name |
| App Configuration | 7 days | Same name collision |
| Cognitive Services | 48 hours | Same name collision |
| API Management | 48 hours | Same name collision |
After `aspire destroy` deletes the resource group, these resources enter soft-delete state. If the user runs `aspire deploy` again, provisioning fails with name conflicts.
## Expected behavior
`aspire destroy` should purge soft-deleted resources after RG deletion, similar to how `azd down --purge` handles this. Could be opt-in via `--purge` flag or default behavior.
## Reference
`azd down` implementation: identifies Key Vault, Managed HSM, Cognitive Services, App Config, API Management, and Log Analytics workspaces for purging (`bicep_provider.go:1363-1721`).
## Context
Follow-up from #16097 (`aspire destroy`). Discussed during design but deferred to v2.
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