Originally posted by Don Cardi: [QUOTE]...Anyone with a heart would have realized that his clueless and stupid brother had been duped and never intended to betray him...
Of course Fredo intended to betray him. If he didn't he would never have spoken to Johnny Ola, or would have informed Michael immediately that he'd been approached by Ola/Roth with regard to Family Business. Instead, he decided to work with them, without his brother's knowledge, for the vague promise of 'something in it for him'. Of course he intended to betray Michael.
What Fredo didn't intend was for Michael to be shot at as a result of his conspiring with Roth. His misfortune that he was stupid enough to be duped.
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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.
