On "The Situation Room" today, we asked viewers the following questions, and here are some of our favorite responses that we didn't get to read on air:

Who's to blame for the deteriorating conditions in Afghanistan?

Afghans wreak havoc on fellow Afghans, the Pakistani madrassas churn out fundamentalists, and the U.S. government seems to be the least bothered that the Taliban are making a come back...the 'ostrich-like' policies of all three men meeting tonight have contributed to the current environment in Afghanistan.
M.B., Phoenix, Arizona

The deteriorating conditions in Afghanistan are due to George Bush and his advisors taking their eye off the situation in a quest to invade Iraq. Iraq had nothing to do with the World Trade Center, homeland security or al Qaeda. Still, they were so obsessed with Saddam Hussein that they have forgotten about the subversive regime in Afghanistan that allowed their country to become a hotbed of terrorist training camps.
Eric, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

When President Bush cut and ran from Afghanistan to Iraq, the U.S. lost world support, and the fate of thousands of our sons and daughters, and citizens of Iraq was sealed.
Dave, Inlet, New York

Should Congress pass a bill giving retroactive immunity to President Bush for possible war crimes?

"Rule of law, rule of law." Wasn't that the Republican chant during the 1990s when according to them breaking any law no matter how small was an impeachable offense? Apparently memory loss is at epidemic proportions among the Republican Congress.
Luke, Knoxville, Tennessee

Of course Congress should not pass a law retroactively pass a law freeing Bush et al from possible war crimes trials. The President keeps telling us he's doing nothing wrong and not breaking the law. If that's the case, why is he so worried?
Susan, New York

As excruciating as it has been to have "W" as our president, we should pass a law protecting him from this dispute. After all it is a relatively untraveled scenario we are dealing with and I do believe in this situation he is doing what he thinks best for our well being.
Ari, Las Vegas

The fact that our leaders find it necessary to include a provision for immunity against war crimes just shows that they realize that they are behaving improperly and against the rule of the law.
Monty

Should the government implement emergency measures to provide paper ballots for the midterm elections?

Absolutely. I can't imagine anyone designing an automated system that has no audit trail or means of validating the results.
Dennis, Velva, North Dakota

No. Instead, it should implement permanent measures to provide paper ballots for all elections until there is a foolproof way to verify the count. Ahhh... Don't hold your breath.
Dave, Huntington, New York

I support a paper trail for our votes. Trust and Verify. What good is voter ID when they don't even count your vote?
William, Lithonia, Georgia