On Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation

Over at DKos, diarist N Nadir is taking on the issue of nuclear energy and nonproliferation:

I have been opposed to nuclear weapons for as long as I can remember, probably because one of my first memories is waking up one morning as a child thinking I was going to be subject to nuclear annihilation in the afternoon. I will not explore the subject too much further here, but I will say that the best strategy for minimizing the probability of nuclear war - and this probability can never again be zero - is to use nuclear power.

Dare I say when I read that paragraph I heard echoes of Dwight Eisenhower?