I get the political logic, but that’s not what happened. Tywin had lethal custody of Elia’s children before either Robert or Jon Arryn arrived in King’s Landing, and the entirety of the Royal Navy was standing in between them and Viserys on Dragonstone, so it’s not that easy.
Why didn’t the people supporting Robert Baratheon simply give the Targaryen children to the Night’s Watch and the Silent Sisters respectively? It puts them out of the line of succession, but denies the propaganda defeat of “the Baratheons kill babies!” I get the Lannisters maybe just wanted to be brutal to show loyalty, but Robert and Jon Arryn could have easily had Viserys captured and given to the watch.
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