Honestly... if anyone had any old scores they feel like settling with Goons or whoever else decided to start a war with RLMMO... there's plenty of slots available. From their actions here, it's clear they're a dishonorable group of idiots who look for any half-baked justification to play pitbull. Actually, that's been obvious for years already.
The bottom line is, the button you hit to tech raid is called "Declare War". There's no "Steal Stuff" button. You can't punch someone in the face, and when they retaliate, claim they started it.