Yes, Galante was one of those Mafiosi who, through personal force, projected himself into power during a vacuum. And the Bonannos in those years were a vacuum, what with Joe Bonanno is semi-retirement and Rusty Rastelli in prison. But a corollary to "personal force" is that power makes powerful enemies. It's one thing to muscle a bunch of thugs in a Federal prison. It's quite another to brag that you're going to make Carlo Gambino s**t in the streets. That's what Galante brought on himself.