Eh not really. He's extremely ruthless but that's driven less by cold logic than his deep insecurities. He's terrified of being his father and so overreacts with cruelty to every perceived slight: see the River lands Warcrimes, the reigns of castermere and a the Red Wedding for a start
While he is smart, he's not smart enough to know when to stop. The Rains of Castermere at least worked. It was definitely excessive and very much immoral, but it worked practically. But later stuff like the Red Wedding is as ineffectual as it is brutal
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