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Why did Michael exclude Tom from the Vegas dealings?

posted 9 years ago by NikolajCostas1005
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The explanation was that he wasn't a war time consiglerie and that things were going to take place that he couldn't be a part of, but did both Dons just not trust Tom to handle an aspect of the move or did it have anything to do with him not being Sicilian? Even in the second movie when Michael confides more to Tom, I sensed a bit of disconnect between the two adopted brothers.

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[–] johnston.scot 8 years ago

To put it simply: because Michael knew, from the beginning, there was a good chance he was going to have to have Moe Greene killed.

[–] information_police 8 years ago

BTW ... who took over as consiglieri after the Don died? Who was it in GFII? I don't remember.

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[–] redban (6776) 4 months ago

It was still Tom. Once Mike killed the head of the 5 families, he put Tom back