Something that may be relevant is that the quote (at least when I read it the first time) did not seem to be advocating a nuclear first strike per se, but instead making the argument that if a first strike is going to happen it should happen as soon as possible.
Depending on the wider context that could imply a pro first stike position (if we are going to do this it should be soon, so lets get on and do it) or an anti first strike position (if you are so sure in your first strike sabre rattling, why havent you done it already? Could it be that if we move the discusion from ‘first strike at some point’ to ‘right now’ you suddenly see the issue in a different way and realise how dumb you sound?).
Something that may be relevant is that the quote (at least when I read it the first time) did not seem to be advocating a nuclear first strike per se, but instead making the argument that if a first strike is going to happen it should happen as soon as possible.
Depending on the wider context that could imply a pro first stike position (if we are going to do this it should be soon, so lets get on and do it) or an anti first strike position (if you are so sure in your first strike sabre rattling, why havent you done it already? Could it be that if we move the discusion from ‘first strike at some point’ to ‘right now’ you suddenly see the issue in a different way and realise how dumb you sound?).