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If the fear tactics involve hurting or killing someone in cold blood just to achieve some fleeting result, it's below me. It's not different, it's below me.
Actually, there have been cases where atrocities have been helpful for the perpetrator. Such as with the Mongols or Timurids, one of them built a tower out of human skulls to "encourage" other settlements to surrender.
I'm not advocating that we do it, especially not when we're trying to be the good guy, but cruel tactics have been useful in some circumstances.