Gotti was a tough guy no doubt and fearless to a point. He was very feared within the Gambino family, ie Marino and Joe Watts according to Fat Dom were waiting for Gotti’s appeal- before they would attempt to whack out Junior. For they knew, if they killed his son. They were dead men walking once Sr got out

BUT Gotti was also smart enough to realise it wasn’t worth risking war with the other families. Hence, I was wondering at what point would he finally fight back.

He knew his guys were going down as mentioned
ie Bobby Boriello, Lino, Frankie, etc and was ignoring it. He knew the West Side was putting a hit on him. Yet he still done the ‘diplomatic’ solution to avoid further bloodshed.

Next on the list would have been guys like Jojo, D’Amico. Chin wanted to get all the guys around Gotti and finally go after him. That’s the only time he would have struck back imo- if there was a real hit on him or Pete, a failed hit perhaps.

Someone above mentioned Casso and Vic were on the lam/ out of reach for retaliation. Don’t forget they still had their guys on the street. Bobat and Frank Lastorino maybe even Lil Al would be perfect targets