Levin is FAR from being a collectivist, he is a Constitutionalist. I doo not always agree with him, but first strike has been part of our miitary's plans for decades. Pearl Harbor is no nuke, so a bad comparison. What do you think will happen if the enemy sets of an EMP? Any unprotected electronics will be fried, takes out the power grid, vehicles newer vehicles, military vehicles and planes will be dead. So, you just wait around for it to happen