I don’t find advocating for attacking the USSR with nuclear weapons prior to their acquisition of the same to be that strange. Consider that Bertrand Russell -

I don’t find advocating for attacking the USSR with nuclear weapons prior to their acquisition of the same to be that strange. Consider that Bertrand Russell - the well-known and self-described pacifist - shared that view as well. To greatly simplify the concept: if you believed that total war between the USSR and the West was inevitable, attacking first while the US was the only nuclear power would substantially limit casualties and ensure that the West won.