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Re: Why was Michael hunted after the agreed peace?
[Re: UncleJune]
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07/29/10 09:48 PM
07/29/10 09:48 PM
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Welcome, UJ! Hope to see many more thoughtful posts from you. I believe this was a result of timing and quid pro quo. Vito learns of Sonny's assassination and immediately orders Tom to set up a meeting of the heads of the families. Michael learns about Sonny at about the same time, and Don Tomassino advises him to leave his villa subito. I'm guessing it took Tom weeks to set up the meeting, during which time Michael was still fair game for Barzini. In effect, Michael's life was held hostage by Barzini until he got what he wanted from Vito: agreement to protect the drugs traffic. Only then did he agree to call off his dogs.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: Why was Michael hunted after the agreed peace?
[Re: Turnbull]
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07/30/10 12:47 AM
07/30/10 12:47 AM
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Only then did he agree to call off his dogs. I guess that's my question, did he really call off the dogs? If he did, then I can see chalking things up to timing and what not. The intention in that case would be to let Michael live - and do business with a pacified, weakened Don Corleone - but with the Corleone political web still fully intact and cooperating. If he didn't call off the dogs, wouldn't he have to finish the job and crush the Corleones in their entirety so he could move forward and pick up the crumbled pieces of their Empire? Strategically at that point, why would the plan be to take out Michael, leave the Don, Fredo, Tom Hagen, and the two caporegimes in place, and then just slowly nibble around the edges for ten years? I guess that's where I get confused.. Taking Michael out and leaving everything else in place (including Fredo as an heir) seems odd. Particularly given Michael's minimal involvement in family matters up to that point and the Don's extra stern warning.
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