In the absence of any really really convincing evidence to the contrary, it seems like remote control assassinations by a foreign power actively work against wi

In the absence of any really really convincing evidence to the contrary, it seems like remote control assassinations by a foreign power actively work against winning the hearts and minds of the local populace. Unless the locals getting assassinated are truly despised by everyone around them. After all, they have to take it as a matter of faith that they themselves can't possibly be "wrongly" targeted, and precedent suggests otherwise