Don Cardi- I should have been clearer when I said he thought the war was over. I meant to say that Tom blamed himself for Sonny's death and in that time called himself "not a wartime consigliere". But I've always felt that Tom thought that way out of remorse for Sonny and in a moment of weakness not because it was the truth.

Believe me, I agree with everything you said. I've never felt Sonny's death was Tom's fault and I never bought into the "wartime consigliere" stuff either, I was just stating what Sonny meant by that statement. Tom has always been my favorite character and in my opinion the smartest and most level headed of all the sons.