Originally Posted By: The Last Woltz
Originally Posted By: getthesenets
Originally Posted By: olivant
Buschetta - Mike's bodyguard.


thanks.....never understood why Neri didn't make the trip to Cuba...unless his absence was a ploy my Mike to throw people off about his true intentions.



Because Michael does not know at that point whether Neri is the traitor.

He brings in someone new because he couldn't trust his men in Nevada.



Thanks....I've watched the film a few times and the way the footage goes from Mike's current life to Vito's youth has made it difficult for me to follow exactly what is going on and why.

Having read the GF book and Neri's background and the way Mike brought him, it was inconceivable to me that Neri would in any way be behind the hit.

But what you bring up would have been the "smart" thing to do...it shook up Mike and everything he believed in to have been shot at in his own compound in his bedroom with his family.