The American Mafia was imported with the influx of Italian immigrants in the late 19th Century. The mafia was well entrenched by the time prohibition started.
However, Prohibition was an absolute BOOMTIME for all organized crime. The Mafia rose to the challenge and thrived. Your analogy with the War on Terror is apt here. Al Queda was in existence before 9-11. In fact they had already directly attacked us abroad - three times, I think. 2 U.S. Embassys and a warship.
But it was not our immediate, swift, and mighty response to 9-11 which energized the bad guys and swelled their ranks. Instead, there was a modest influx of new recruits going to Afghanistan.
It was Iraq. We drew out the enemy on ground of our choosing and defeated them. It was a key reason for going into Iraq, I think. Fight them where it is advantageous to us. Now we are prevailing in Iraq. The winner chooses the field of battle based on his needs, not the needs of the enemy.
you seem to have the tools for understanding.. now just keep digging ...
you can probably find 1000 reasons TERRORISTS were created...
each convenient for passing the buck, pushing the blame.. and avoiding responsibility...
I'll give you one huge HINT..
stop pointing fingers....
Who does ONE blame for PURCHASING a house... nobody, ONE takes full credit... and yet the concepts of purchasing, home loans, property theory etc were not created by "you"... rather you are just a pon of another man's game.. which is fine... which is fun.. as <OING as one is aware and one is not defending this imaginary world with the lives of other men and woman...
and actually, that is fine too.. BUT pay back s a bitch and I'd rather live in reality.. where everything is perfect, free and loving.. then defend my ignorance..
Pointing the finger at others reveals and acceptance of being a PON of yet another game... don;t believe the hype.. it just makes you a monkey..
want a bananna?