To me, this is exactly where the disconnect occurs....
See I don't think Vito hit the capos for the BONNANO FAMILY, like he was loyal to em. Everyone quotes the Sixth Family, and always seem to forget the part where Sonny Red took the Sicilian heroin and didn't pay.
Prompting the Sicilians to throw in with Massino and Napolitano, so as to preserve the heroin ring.
They didnt need the Bonnano Family per Se, what they needed were trusted people in NYC to buy their heroin, move it discreetly and send the money back through the same channels discreetly.
So my opinion, he didn't kill three capos for the Bonnano family, Sonny Red was a heavy at Bonos wedding. He killed em to protect the Sicilians heroin operation.
The sixth family book does mention the $1.5 million worth of heroin that Sonny red took on consignment and didn't pay them back.
I agree with the rest of your analysis. I honestly think Vito did it for selfish reasons so that he can expand his drug network. One hand washes the other.
