Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.

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Any Decisions Defining Ethical Every Exclusive Foreign Foreign Policy Implied Policy Regimes Respect Unethical Where Would Wrong

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