Lots of good points made, especially about not wanting to tip off Barzini by getting rid of Carlo too soon.
But if Vito had lived another five years, would Carlo have done so as well?
And given Vito's low opinion about men that made their living off of women, would he have assented to murdering a woman just to get one up on Geary?
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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