Originally Posted by mustachepete
Originally Posted by Lana

Sollozzo inwardly feeling smug that the Corleones have no idea about Barzini connection


One question is why would Sol tell Tom, "The Tattaglia family is behind me with all their people. The other New York Families will go along with anything that will prevent a full-scale war." People make tactical errors, but since Sol is trying to avoid a lengthy war it would make sense to reveal the Barzini connection then, because he would want his side to look as big as possible. The simple explanation is that Barzini wasn't on board, yet.


I think Sol was telling the truth: None of the families, including Barzii, would want a full-scale war. It wouldn't have been necessary for him to emphasize Barzini at that point.

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Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.