What a great, common-sense commentary by Charles Campbell on President Obama's misguided energy policies ("U.S. energy policy: slow national suicide," Nov. 21).

Mr. Obama once again shows he is not a backer of U.S. energy self-reliance, while helping the Chinese to boot. As usual, he talks big about China, but he is actually much more willing to help the Chinese and the Brazilians than he is to help Americans.

Whether he and his leftist friends realize it or not, the world is moving forward, and if we continue having to count on Middle Eastern oil, we will be a third-rate nation before we know it.

Lyle Rescott, Marriottsville