He drew up plans to defeat the Soviet’s and felt like we could beat them and should fight them then rather than later.

It was too late. Stalin moved most weapon factories to Ural mountains, out of reach of aviation, and already had rocket artillery (search Katyusha rocket launcher). Also, production of weapons was on the rise. Add a big army of soldiers, trained in real battles. And finally, the russian climate and absence of roads.

It would be a slaughter, with millions of corpses, with highly questionable results for US.

US had a real chance to stop bolsheviks earlier, at the time of Civil war after revolution. US could provide full support for White Army to defeat bolsheviks. However, US restrict itself to some robbery of resources on the North and quickly quit.

Also it was possible for US to support Russian Empire in WWI, for example against Osman Empire (Turkey). This could lower the internal damage and losses of Russia and reduce the reasons for revolution.

However, as I think, US was not interested in defeating bolsheviks at early stages. Even when Stalin began getting rid of them, US gladly sell machinery to the young Stalin's corporate empire. During WWII US also take a side of Stalin together with UK. Only when USSR tested nuclear bomb, US finally declare USSR as enemy. And I believe that was a huge mistake. In the last years of his life Stalin began to dismantle communist party system and getting rid of communist ideology, since it did not align with his view on his Empire. He mostly cancelled repressions and softened the laws as soon, as country recovered after WWII, but his death stop that process. In Russia we have a conspiracy theory that Stalin was poisoned by communist party top managers to save their places and power. Interesting, that right after the Stalin death, they immidiately restore the position of General Secretary of Communist Party as a head of country, previously deleted by Stalin. May be in beginning of 1950s was the window of possibility when it was possible to create US-USSR treaty that could lead to complete elimination of Communist party in USSR and prevention of Cold war in the beginning.

In any case, Communist party of USSR was eventually defeated, but it seems that the ones who defeat them, become more communist than defeated ones. Or always was.

He drew up plans to defeat the Soviet’s and felt like we could beat them and should fight them then rather than later.

It was too late. Stalin moved most weapon factories to Ural mountains, out of reach of aviation, and already had rocket artillery (search Katyusha rocket launcher). Also, production of weapons was on the rise. Add a big army of soldiers, trained in real battles. And finally, the russian climate and absence of roads.

It would be a slaughter, with millions of corpses, with highly questionable results for US.

US had a real chance to stop bolsheviks earlier, at the time of Civil war after revolution. US could provide full support for White Army to defeat bolsheviks. However, US restrict itself to some robbery of resources on the North and quickly quit.

Also it was possible for US to support Russian Empire in WWI, for example against Osman Empire (Turkey). This could lower the internal damage and losses of Russia and reduce the reasons for revolution.

However, as I think, US was not interested in defeating bolsheviks at early stages. Even when Stalin began getting rid of them, US gladly sell machinery to the young Stalin's corporate empire. During WWII US also take a side of Stalin together with UK. Only when USSR tested nuclear bomb, US finally declare USSR as enemy. And I believe that was a huge mistake. In the last years of his life Stalin began to dismantle communist party system and getting rid of communist ideology, since it did not align with his view on his Empire. He mostly cancelled repressions and softened the laws as soon, as country recovered after WWII, but his death stop that process. In Russia we have a conspiracy theory that Stalin was poisoned by communist party top managers to save their places and power. Interesting, that right after the Stalin death, they immidiately restore the position of General Secretary of Communist Party as a head of country, previously deleted by Stalin. May be in beginning of 1950s was the window of possibility when it was possible to create US-USSR treaty that could lead to complete elimination of Communist party in USSR and prevention of Cold war in the beginning.

In any case, Communist party of USSR was eventually defeated, but it seems that the ones who defeat them, become more communist that defeated ones. Or always was.