Republic insurgents =/= innocent civs and children

Okay well then il refer back to this
'What so you reckon the republican insurgents would have just moved on and abandoned the mission if the British had asked them nicely?'
Most likely not but why did they British have to kill innocent civilians to get 'their' land back?
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I'm sure they probably didn't but that isn't justification for the IRA, which is the point of this thread.