Originally posted by babysinister:
Barzini must have advised Sollozzo to go after Don Corleone, knowing that eventually Sollozzo would be expendable. The Turk was an outsider anyway. Arguably, Barzini may have planned to have Solozzo killed eventually anyway, or have him move back to the Mediterranean to keep an eye on that end of the drug trade.
Sure. The Trilogy is full of examples of people taking advantage of others' ambitions, grudges, etc. Put another way: Neither Barzini nor the other Dons would have tried to assassinate Don Corleone by themselves. But when Sollozzo came along, willing to take the risk in order to establish his business and improve his standing, Barzini had nothing to lose by encouraging him.
