Originally posted by Santino Felice:
Even though we all love the Corleones. We must give Barzini credit for his three involvment to injure the Corleone family.
1. Barzini used Paulie to hurt the Don because of his refusal to enter the narcotics business.
2. Barzini approaching Carlo Rizzi to kill Sonny (knowing he would help him since SOnny beat his ass!).
3. For making a deal with Tessio(AND I BELIEVE TESSIO BECAME A TRAITOR BECAUSE MICHAEL WOULD NOT LET CLEMENZA AND HIM BREAK OFF FROM THE FAMILY AND RUN THEIR OWN FAMILY THEY WAY THEY WANTED TOO.)
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I BELIEVE THAT IS WHY TESSIO BECAME A TRAITOR
BUT JUST FOR A COUNT...
WHO THINKS BARZINI PLANNED THIS ALL FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND CARLO AND TESSIO WERE IN IT SINCE THE SHOOTING OF THE DON?????
Tessio was NOT in it from the shooting of the Don. Tessio was a loyal soldier to Vito, and Tessio was the one who planted the Gun in the Restaurant for Michael, and was the one who picked Mike up after the shooting. Tessio became a traitor because he did NOT think that Michael was going to be a strong Don like Vito. Tessio pleaded with Mike to do something being that Barzini was pushing them around. Tessio shows his discontempt for Mike by not listening to him and turning to Vito asking him to let him form his own family. Once Vito replied that Michael was in charge, I believe at that very moment Tessio realized that he needed to make a backup plan "just in case" and start an alliance with Barzini. Like Michael said, it was the smart move because Tessio thought that once Vito was gone, Mike was going to get pushed under by the other families. This was all part of Vito and Michael's plan, to appear weak to the others, and Tessio fell for it also. There is no way that Tessio turned on Vito early.
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