Maybe he was pissed because he anticipated that the war would interfere with the family rackets. If he were at all farsighted, he would have foreseen that the war would create tremendous new opportunities for racketeering.

Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.