If Fredo is interested in 'protecting' Michael then he's not going to go along with a kidnapping in the first place.

And Fredo? Recruiting his own men ???



Only thing Fredo was capable of 'recruiting' were coctail waitresses. Two at a time.

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A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.

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