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Originally Posted by blankall
It also didn't matter if the initial abduction was a lie, as by that point the Mad King had already basically pissed off all the major houses:
1. Jaime was named to the King's Guard, potentially forcing Tywin Lannister to name Tyrion (who he hated) as his successor.
2. The Mad King executed the warden of the North, Rickard Stark, and his son.
3. The Mad King then demanded that Jon Arryn hand over Eddard Stark. Arryn couldn't do that, as he'd sworn an oath to protect Eddard. This more or less forced Arryn's hand into rebellion.
But yes, Robert's Rebellion was based on lies, or at the very least a misunderstanding. The Mad King's actions made a war inevitable though. It seems as though the intention of some of the Starks was initially to talk things out, and I'm sure if they'd found out that the truth, and that Lyanna and her children were actually now heirs to the throne they would have been fine with it. The Mad King, however, just started executed all of the Starks for no apparent reason.
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So the "kidnapping" of Lyanna was basically like the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. It was the event that started a war that was going to happen anyway. If Lyanna wasn't "kidnapped" Robert's Rebellion still would have happened in some form, just as WWI would have still happened in some form if Princip didn't pull the trigger.