Originally posted by Jimmy Buffer:
...think about it. vito has just turned down sollozo and tattaglia's offer to cover for his drug business, so it's not like they're on the best of terms. now all of a sudden luca brasi, who's been don corleone's most fierce and loyal killer for many years, is unhappy with the corleone family and wants to join the people who vito just turned down....
You make good points. However, as pointed out by Sollozzo to Tom...
"Let's face it, Tom, and all due respect, the Don, rest in peace, was slippin'. Ten years ago could I have gotten to him?"
Also, as he reiterates at the 'Barzini' meeting much later, Vito truly doesn't trust the drug business. Unlike Santino, he doesn't let $$$ be a factor in his decision.
What Vito (and Sonny) does during and immediately after the initial meeting with Sollozzo pretty much sets the premise for everything that is to follow. Had any one thing been handled differntly, then it could have affected the entire story.
So you see...Puzo apparently knew what he was doing because here we are still talking about it 30+ years later.
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