For the new members on the board I give you this question : When Don Vito and Tom are driving home from the commission meeting Vito tells Tom " It was Barzini all along!" What in that commission meeting made the Don figure out that it was Barzini and Not Tattaglia?


Don Cardi

Probably because he did all the talking.

Well, there is the above fact, and what he actually said was very important.

"you must let us draw water from the well"

The meeting was called to put and end to the tattaglia/corleone war that was going on, though tattaglia hardly said a word compared to Don Corleone and Don Barzini, and when he spoke, everythign was directed at Barzini, as if there was an unspoken alliance between the two. Hence, "it was Barzini all along".

[whisper] What was the Barzini beef exactly about?[/whisper]
Was it to do with Sonny's killing?

Boneear,

Have you ever watched the movie?
The whole beef was about the proposed drug deal offered to Vito and his declining to participate and share his political connections with the rest of those who were involved in the new drug trade.

Don Cardi

Wait!
So, Barzini was backing Sollozo, and the Tattaglias were as well? Or just Barzini?

Yes. Barzini was the silent partner, as it were. As The Don so clearly stated, Tataglia was a pimp. He wouldn't have had the cunning to outfight Santino (who, as it is pointed out in the book, was a brilliant, if somewhat impulsive, warrior). Only someone with more cunning -- Barzini -- could have organized the opposition and run it effectively enough to beat Sonny.

So it stands to reason that if Barzini devoted so much of HIS resources to the war, he had to have an interest in the drug deal that preceded it.

And lets point out, too, the way Barzini was talking as though he was the administrator of the Commission. And Corleone also saw how Tattaglia constantly looked at Barzini to talk.

you need to watch the film again buddy. Thats kinda a big part of film