Originally Posted By: AppleOnYa
Originally Posted By: olivant
Yes...I'm wanting to know specifically how Fredo could have threatened Michael from exile because I don't see how he could have been...


There is really no answer to that because it wasn't given a chance to happen. If I posessed the mind of a mafia kingpin out to eliminate my rivals, I might have some kind of plan for you.

But let me ask you this, since you want to get into 'specifics': Do YOU have a way to guarantee that even 'from exile' Fredo would definitely NOT one day posed a threat to Michael and/or the Family? Either on his own or via some rival plot?

Especially after that 'stepped-over' rant in the lakehouse?

Oh, and for what it's worth, what a riveting, bone-chilling conclusion that would've been to GFII. Fredo being put in a limo and driven out of town. Far more effective than a Hail Mary and gunshot.






Apple,he was out of the loop. At that point he knew no more than Corleone rivals and the FBI about the Corleones. That is what substantively makes him not a threat. He had no specifics to convey that would make him a threat. if he had them, they would have been used.

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