Tir Eoghain

No warning was given for any of the English pub bombings.
Off duty soldiers may have been present in some but the slaughter and maiming was indiscriminate
Those were clear acts of terror.
If you plant bombs in shopping streets, even if you give a warning the probability is that some unsuspecting ordinary people will die. There is just too much to go wrong and so tragically often it did. That is not military action.

I agree about the cease fire, but you could have been in this position 30 years ago.