Of course, not thinking properly.
But I stand by my statement that the Russian’s did not have the military to invade Germany in 1941. Can not imagine Stalin thinking doing so was such a great idea.
I will agree with you. They had some of the elements coming together, like early T-34 tanks, and emerging strategy, like Zhukov defeating the Japanese at Nomonhan. However, the Soviet Army was much too weakened by Stalin’s purges.
Stalin was surely thinking about the dictator to the west, but any action would have been years away.