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:

How should the international community respond to North Korea's claims of a nuclear test?

The entire international community should surrender to the insanity, and dismantle all of their own nuclear weapons. This would prove the ethical position and leave North Korea all armed-up with nothing to gain.
Chuck, Denver, Colorado

It isn't what should happen, Jack. It is what is going to happen. At the first sign of a real threat, China is going to pound Pyongyang into the dirt. China isn't going to put up with Kim-possible possibly sending some gifts their way.
Sammy, Boston, Massachusetts

We should respond to North Korea's supposed nuclear test by recognizing that the Clinton administration's policy of working towards normalizing relations with North Korea was a success and the Bush administration policy of demonizing North Korea as a member of an "Axis of Evil" has failed.
Randall, Manhattan, Kansas

The United States should talk with North Korea one-on-one and find out what they want. If North Korea weren't after something they would not have announced the test, they would have just done it. I think we could spare some food. We might even be able to teach them how to provide their own food.
Howard, Huntsville, Alabama

What should the U.S. do about the sharp rise in casualties in Iraq?

Take it as a sign and get out! Didn't President Bush learn anything from Vietnam?
Terry

America was fought for by the people who wanted freedom. If the Iraqi people do not want to stand up and fight for themselves, I believe we should leave immediately and not return until they do. I'm not condoning the actions of past or present dictators but it looks like the only way to control a country such as Iraq is with a dictatorship. I don't think their way of life and their radical religious beliefs can allow them to have a democracy.
Paul, California

Jack, We need to realize as a nation that our troops are now policing a civil war. The Iraqis will war between themselves at this point, and to hold American troops in such a situation is disgraceful. They deserve better.
Steve, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Jack, The best way to reduce casualties in Iraq is to get the hell out of Iraq. They don't want us there, the majority of Americans don't want us there...what's the problem? $8 billion a month would buy a lot of fence posts for our borders.
Joe, Nokomis, Florida

Would it help the Republicans chances in the midterm elections if Dennis Hastert resigned as Speaker of the House?

Republicans have zero chance if Dennis Hastert resigns from office. People are already fed up with the Republican administration, and this scandal is just putting another nail in their coffin.
David, Cleveland, Ohio

It may help the Republicans' chances, but it shouldn't. With all the finger-pointing and blame-shifting, this seems more like a systemic problem than a one-off situation. If the leadership is willing to overlook this, what else are they ignoring?
Sean, Canton, Ohio

Absolutely not. The Republicans are toast in the upcoming election.
Dorothea, Placentia, California

Hastert's resignation would very likely affect the November elections... Republicans just might gain a little respect from this action and a few votes.
Patricia, Washington, Illinois