Originally Posted By: Turnbull
Originally Posted By: olivant
TB, are you sure about that. I think that, plain and simple, Michael wanted Roth dead. That's why he told Fredo that Roth wouldn't see the new year. I think Michael's Cuba sojourn was only intended to get rid of Roth.

Oli, sure, Michael wanted Roth dead. But only after he found out who was the traitor in his family. I think that was the main purpose of his trip to Cuba.

And, yes, Michael had good reason to want Roth dead after he concluded that Roth was behind the Tahoe attack. But, the decision to have him whacked in Cuba may have been prompted by his knowledge that Roth was planning to have him whacked after the Presidential New Year's Eve party--kill or be killed. Whacking Roth in Cuba would have been more dangerous than having him killed in the US.


Maybe, but that is exactly what Michael tried to do. That bodyguard guy wacked Ola and was going to wack Roth, but Batista's cops got in the way.

Actually in a way Castro taking over was a lucky break for Michael. Roth lost a ton of money, and influence.

"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"

"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."

"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."