Baptism: a scene from 'The Godfather'

In this scene from 'The Godfather', I will examine the baptism of Michael Corleone's godson.

Art Of War, Chapter 4: 

Tactics

“The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.”--Sun Tzu

Chapter 6:

Weak Points and Strong

“All men can see the individual tactics necessary to conquer, but almost no one can see the strategy out of which total victory is evolved.”--Sun Tzu

Again, in this clip we see the organic relationship between life and death as Michael attends the baptism of his godson as his soldiers kill off the heads of the other 4 New York Families. By the time the godson is baptized and the heads of the 4 New York Families are executed, Michael emerges in all of his glory as the undisputed Don of Dons, the reincarnation of his father, Vito Corleone. By pretending to be weak, closing the Family’s New York businesses and moving everything out to Vegas, Michael and his Family were not only underestimated, but their enemies became arrogant to the point of letting their own guard down as the Bible says in Proverbs 16 and verse 18: “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.”