Why do they have to move in on the Horde's operation? Silithus is a big place. And still, the monopoly analogy doesn't really work. Because what the Alliance did is the equivalent of committing a terrorist attack against the monopolistic business. Which doesn't have much to do monopolies and everything to do with the Alliance seeing every Horde-related problem as a nail that needs to be hammered. It doesn't really work in terms of an arms race either. Because the Alliance did nothing to engage in it. The Horde already mined a lot of it. Alliance had enough time to get their stolen samples all the way to Stormwind. Chances are, Goblins did the same and transported a fair share of their mined Azerite to Orgrimmar. The Horde is the only engaged in the arms development while the Alliance smashes everything around them like Neanderthals, achieving nothing for their own arms development.
I see what the Alliance has to offer on this forum for the most part. For every Tauror and Graden there's a dozen geniuses that couldn't spot logic if it hit them in the face with an Azerite weapon and who are as selective with the data as Donald Trump. Ah, wait, you're talking about the faction. Silithus? Sure, the Horde was gearing for war. I'm not denying it. Though the reason the Horde is on edge may have something to do with the Alliance attacking them in Stormheim.
But was Undercity nuanced? Contrary to what the Alliance white-washers like to say, Varian knew of the rebellion before he got there. He got there with the specific intent of conquering Undercity, still a Horde capital, for the Alliance. Was the invasion of Barrens? Hard to say since we never got a reason for that. Perhaps Jaina actually monitoring the gung-ho part of her subjects in Northwatch it could have been avoided, but nuance is missing nontheless. Was Invasion of Ashenvale nuanced? Given how it was justified by the need for resources in the wake of the Cataclysm, yes. It was also avoidable. Night Elves could have not broken the trade treaty over bullshit and the Horde would have its resources and be busy with using those resources to rebuild Orgrimmar. At least they'd have postponed it while Garrosh was busy trying to fabricate some bullshit to rally the Horde.
Besides, this isn't me seeing the worst in the Alliance whatsoever. It's me seeing the Alliance for what it is. There's nothing inherently wrong with imperialism, just as there's nothing inherently wrong with Horde making weapons against a faction that keeps attacking them using abject idiocy as their casus belli. It's just a flawed faction, just like the Horde. Contrary to what the people portraying it as the result of Jesus' vacation on Azeroth try to claim.
She tried to murder him while they were at war. He tried to murder her while the factions were at peace (and were busy with the biggest Legion invasion).
Magni has no authority over the Horde. Neither does the Alliance. They are free to mine whatever they want.
The Alliance doesn't say anything about any weapons when they send the player to attack the Horde outpost. And if someone attacked North Korea over them making nuclear weapons (which they already do, but whatever), they'd be the aggressor. Preemptive aggression is still aggression.
Combat recon involving blowing up things in Horde outpost and killing Goblins that react to it. Nope, no attack here /s
Yes it is, because duress is a thing.
Blowing things up isn't gathering intelligence.
Reaction to these kind of incidents is whatever the attacked side chooses. They are not obligated to talk things through. Your own previous example of UK preparing for what showcases that. Read your own sources. An attack on them, even outside of their territory (especially if it's still their outpost) is valid casus belli.
And how does the Alliance try to stop it, given it has no authority to tell the Horde to stop it? Oh, right, by blowing things up in Horde camp and killing those who react to it.
Given how the Alliance has no way of knowing that, this is irrelevant. What the Alliance could easily learn though it that Forsaken involvement in the war plummeted after 4.0.
Not only is Eyir not a group of beings, but she has nothing to do with the Alliance, so also irrelevant.
Yeah, him yelling Sylvanas to face her executioner throughout the zone is him not trying to kill her. Or, alternatively, he went for the lantern because his previous blow did nothing to her and he was running out of options, so he went for the shiny thingy Sylvanas was using, hoping it's something important.