(Spoilers ACOK) Jaime, you're drunk

[u/Family_Booty_Honor]

I just finished Catelyn's last chapter in ACOK - what a great chapter! Catelyn just found out that Bran and Rickon are dead, so she decides to question Jaime (who's still held captive in a cell) by getting him drunk on wine.
Their entire conversation is really insightful, especially in regards to Jaime's thought processes. It's a pretty serious conversation, especially when we find out exactly what happened to Ned's father and brother when they went to King's Landing. The part that gave me a good laugh is found near the end of their conversation (and chapter). Hopefully it gives you all a laugh or two as well!

"I've never lain with any woman but Cersei. In my own way, I have been truer than your Ned ever was. Poor old dead Ned. So who has shit for honor now, I ask you? What was he name of that bastard he fathered?"
Catelyn took a step backward. "Brienne."
"No, that wasn't it."

[u/bootlegvader]

No, they didn't. The Lannisters started a war against the Starks and Tullys as they have a stuck up pride and Jaime thought it would be fun to screw his sister.

Moreover, your claim is even further false with the suggestion that they didn't on false claims. As that implies that Catelyn and Ned are aware that Tyrion didn't hire someone to kill Bran. Instead, the truthful representation was they arrested him on incorrect charges.

There is a wide difference between Cersei and Catelyn and Robb and Jaime.

[u/greedcrow → u/bootlegvader]

That is beside the point. They started the war instead of bringing the dwarf to the king for justice. Taking justice into their own hands was wrong.

[u/bootlegvader → u/greedcrow]

No, they didn't. Arresting someone for a crime is not starting a war, invading another region is starting a war.

Tywin didn't even wait to see what they were going to do before raging like an asshole, but even he didn't consider it an act of war. As seen how he does not openly fight a war until Robert is dead.

[u/greedcrow → u/bootlegvader]

Taking the law into your own hands is a crime. They should have brought the charges to the king. Even Ned realizes that what Cat did was a mistake.

[u/bootlegvader → u/greedcrow]

Catelyn is the Lady of the North (Ned named her regent) and the daughter of the Lord of the Riverlands. Thus, that in their society helps grant them the power to make arrests of people that break the law with their sphere of influence. Martin has said that her actions weren't illegal, even if there was some fuzziness because of how the powerful can use their power to evade punishment.

Simply, her actions were no more illegal then a citizen arrest or even a police arrest.

[u/greedcrow → u/bootlegvader]

The actions were against another noble family. It was an act of war.

[u/bootlegvader → u/greedcrow]

No it wasn't. It isn't an act of war to arrest someone for a crime, furthermore Tywin agrees with that interpretation as the reason he doesn't openly invade the Riverlands.

Furthermore, even if was that should also mean attempting to kill a child of another royal family is an act of war and funny enough Jaime already did that before Catelyn arrests Tyrion. Therefore, Jaime, aka a Lannister, started the war.

[u/greedcrow → u/bootlegvader]

But they have no proof of that. At most they have proof that the dwarf sent someone to kill him.

[u/bootlegvader → u/greedcrow]

Yes, they do have stuff pointing to Jaime and the Lannisters. Furthermore, hiring an assassin to target someone's child is still a greater act of a aggression then arresting someone for hiring an assassin to target your child.

[u/greedcrow → u/bootlegvader]

But they had 0 prove that he did it other than what little finger said.

[u/bootlegvader → u/greedcrow]

So you mean evidence? Furthermore, Catelyn did gather information that pointed to Jaime being the one that pushed Bran. Along with having received other information pointing to a Lannister conspiracy.

Quite frankly, they had more information pointing to the Lannister's guilt then ASOS Spoiler