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Originally posted by Turnbull:
It wouldn’t have mattered to them if Roth was at the party or not, or if he lived or died—all they knew was that they had orders from on high to “escort” Michael to his hotel and kill him before he got there. They’d never have let Michael leave the palace on his own and escape to his waiting private airplane.

So Mike was on a suicide mission? He shows up to the party knowing his escape is not possible?