Thank you all for your engagement with “project Roth as an unseen presence in GF” Makes sense that
we could imagine that Roth didn't try to intervene with Michael because Moe--"headstrong, talking loud, saying styupid things"--had dug his own grave, and intervention by Roth would have been useless—fatal
Why did Greene have to make a deal with another crime boss?
Roth doesn't have that kind of muscle
Extract: Also, Roth might even then have been negotiating with Michael for bigger things, so Moe's killing "had nothing to do with business"--the business Roth was negotiating or envisioning with Michael. Also, by muscling Moe, Michael was signaling his intent to be a big player in Nevada--Roth's turf
Vito sick Corleones weak “all done” no muscle
What bigger things, business Roth might even then have been negotiating or envisioning with Michael
My only debating point - same as Capri, there won't be nothing left to build on or during, with the deemed weak and defeated Corleones unable to hold New York, let alone Nevada....
