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"Difficult--not impossible."
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12/22/17 01:34 PM
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In the boathouse near the end of II, Michael demands Roth's assassination. Tom balks:
TOM:I'd be like trying to kill the president -- there's no way we can get to him. MICHAEL: TOM, you know you surprise me -- if anything in this life is certain -- if history has taught us anything -- it's that you can kill anybody. ROCCO Difficult--not impossible.
This strikes me as a serious mistake by Michael. When Rocco said, "difficult, not impossible," he meant killing Roth, not getting away clean, which would have been near impossible. Roth was surrounded by FBI men, reporters and photographers. Even if he was in Olympic sprint condition and escaped the airport without being shot or captured, the FBI men would have recognized him from his picture in the Corleone family chart shown at the Senate hearing. And even if they didn't, the photographers would have snapped his picture.
Dead or alive, Rocco would have been totally identified with Michael. Michael had just narrowly escaped exposure at the Senate hearing. Though Michael could not be charged with sctually killing Roth, his "legitimacy" would never have survived.
Your thoughts?
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: "Difficult--not impossible."
[Re: Trojan]
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01/11/18 12:06 AM
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mustachepete
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He was like a deer caught in headlights, having no escape plans whatsoever
I don't think we know that. He is running toward the entrance to some stairs, and we don't know what's down there. It seems like he's making a reasonable bet that law enforcement won't fire into a pretty thick crowd of innocents, but they do.
"All of these men were good listeners; patient men."
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Re: "Difficult--not impossible."
[Re: Turnbull]
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01/12/18 08:45 PM
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I think that Michael deliberately chose to hit Roth in such a public setting to further establish his reputation as a ruthless,invincible Don who would let no challenge go unavenged. True,he could have done it in a quieter fashion,distancing himself from potential incrimination, but I believe that the whole point was to prove to those in his world that no matter what,no matter where,no matter when, he would get you if you crossed him. Even if Rocco lived, I don't think he would have flipped,and without that,there really wasn't anything for the cops to hang their hat on. As with Fredo,Michael had to show that no one could get away with crossing him. Proof or no proof,the most important thing to Mike was that everybody in the Mob world knew that he killed Fredo, Roth,the heads of the Families, Sollozzo,and McCluskey.
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Re: "Difficult--not impossible."
[Re: Lou_Para]
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01/12/18 08:54 PM
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I think that Michael deliberately chose to hit Roth in such a public setting to further establish his reputation as a ruthless,invincible Don who would let no challenge go unavenged. True,he could have done it in a quieter fashion,distancing himself from potential incrimination, but I believe that the whole point was to prove to those in his world that no matter what,no matter where,no matter when, he would get you if you crossed him. Even if Rocco lived, I don't think he would have flipped,and without that,there really wasn't anything for the cops to hang their hat on. As with Fredo,Michael had to show that no one could get away with crossing him. Proof or no proof,the most important thing to Mike was that everybody in the Mob world knew that he killed Fredo, Roth,the heads of the Families, Sollozzo,and McCluskey. Solid, agree 100%. The people in your business need to know, you know yours and do the work.
Be Loyal, Be Loving, Be Quiet.
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Re: "Difficult--not impossible."
[Re: mustachepete]
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01/13/18 07:31 AM
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He was like a deer caught in headlights, having no escape plans whatsoever
I don't think we know that. He is running toward the entrance to some stairs, and we don't know what's down there. It seems like he's making a reasonable bet that law enforcement won't fire into a pretty thick crowd of innocents, but they do. Rocco running attracted attention, making him target That was no escape plan
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