The more I think about it the more I realize that Michael, being the egotistical and untrusting cold hearted bastard that he was, caused those around him to crack and crumble because of his lack of diplomacy to his own people. While he may have been the saviour of the family in GFI, he certainly became the destroyer of it by the end of GFII.
Good point. What this says is there was great irony in Michael's statement during his rebellious period: "I will never be a man like my father" turned out to be true.
