Goombah~

Your reference to Tom admitting he is not a wartime consigliere is taken out of context. Tom says this immediately following Sonny's death. Tom was closer to Sonny than anyone else so it was expected for him to feel guilt over his best friends death. The truth is that Tom did realize Sonny was in danger, that is why he sent the car after him. No one could have stopped Sonny, and Sonny should have known better anyway. But Tom expressing regrets over his mistakes does not make him a bad consigliere. Even Don Vito stated that Tom was not a bad consigliere, but that Sonny (may he rest in peace) was a bad Don.

Tom also believed that Sonny was too irrational to make a Don and that he was not looking forward to being Sonny's consigliere because he knew (as much as he loved Sonny) it would be alot more trouble for him than Don Vito was.