But you have to look at what Tom says when Mike talks about wipng out Roth and when sonny wants to kill sollozo - Tom is way to cautious - If he did that type of talk when someone was trying to kill him he wouldnt be a good don. Even Vito knew when to attack and when not to, same with Mike. Tom in my opnion didnt have a clue when to attcak and when not.

Tom was just a business man with little bottle.