But Michael doesn't convince Greene, Tom doesn't convince Woltz. A man and a horse have to die.
Yes, but without uttering a threat. Without giving either one of them a hint that something was going to happen. By not making a threat, or showing emotion, they led both into thinking that they were not as strong as was thought, or as they once were. But the end result.....The Corleone's wind up with what they want anyway. Green and Woltz may have won the battle, but the Corleones wound up winning the war.
Yes, that's exactly the point: Making threats exposes feelings and intent, gives warnings--and time for the other guy to plan, react, defend.
Danito, are you suggesting that if Tom and Michael had threatened Woltz and Moe, respectively, the outcome would have been different?
