Originally Posted by Turnbull
Originally Posted by Lana
So perhaps Sonny was not that bad a Don! after all

Sonny as acting Don foresaw the Family's future, bankrolled the casino/hotel and sent Fredo over to “learn the casino business”

In a long-ago thread, I argued that Sonny, for all his hot-headedness, made a level-headed, strategic move in sending Fredo to Nevada to learn the casino business and (as we learned later) bankrolling Moe Green. He arranged for Fredo's safety and he planted a stake in what was to become an enormous, booming industry. That stake had an IOU attached to it.

True enough TB. However, are we measured by our successes or failures? I'll bet that, regarding Fredo and Las Vegas and Moe Greene, Sonny had input from Tom. Had he had Tom's input regarding his emotional response to Carlo's assault of Connie, he would have lived to make more level-headed and strategic moves..

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