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Bouhammer Poll, What is your opinion of the Marine video?

Since this is a current hot topic in the news and I was on BBC’s World Have Your Say radio show talking about this today, I figured it was time to put up a poll and get the reader’s opinions. Here is a simple question with 10 possible answers. You can check as many of the 10 you agree with. As with all polls, your opinion is anonymous and cannot be seen by anyone. This poll will be active until Jan 19th, 2012.

If you would like to listen to today’s radio broadcast on BBC, click downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/whys/whys_20120112-1907a.mp3

What is your opinion of the Marine peeing on dead Taliban Video?

  • Hey I would rather be peed on dead then have my head cut off while I was alive (28%, 21 Votes)
  • I expected better behavior from our military but I understand they are human and not perfect. (25%, 19 Votes)
  • Looks bad, but who cares. They are Dead and they are Taliban. (20%, 15 Votes)
  • I don't like it because it could have a negative impact on our troops over there (20%, 15 Votes)
  • Very Bad. The Military Justice System should be used and if guilty, punished appropriately. (16%, 12 Votes)
  • Why did they let someone video it? That is the greatest crime committed. (16%, 12 Votes)
  • I think it was awesome and wish I was with them doing it. (16%, 12 Votes)
  • It is terrible, but I don't know what they have been through so maybe they were just venting. (13%, 10 Votes)
  • It was in bad taste (excuse the pun), but I thought it was amusing. (9%, 7 Votes)
  • Terrible! They should be tried in a public venue and severely punished ASAP. (1%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 75

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Bouhammer Poll, should we hand over Bad Taliban?

My good friend Marcus from www.youserved.com and www.youservedradio.com posted a question like this up on Facebook and it gave me the idea to create a poll here. It seems our Government is considering releasing some very bad Taliban prisoners from Gitmo in order to convince the Taliban to establish a “Peace Office” in the country of Quatar.

So I ask you…

Should we trade Taliban prisoners for them to have a "Peace" office in Quatar?

  • Nope, we should give the prisoners to the Seals for "At Sea" Sniper training (70%, 30 Votes)
  • WHAT? Are you kidding me, do you think that will work, HELL NO (37%, 16 Votes)
  • No, as there is no way to verify they won't fight us again (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Not Sure or Maybe (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Yes, whatever it takes to achieve peace (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Yes, but only if they are not allowed back on the battlefield (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 43

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Bouhammer Poll: What did you think of The Hurt Locker?

It has been a while since I have put up a poll here on Bouhammer. With all the interest lately of the film The Hurt Locker and so many other blogs, websites and MSM outlets talking about it and pointing to this blog I figured it was time to take a poll of my readers to see what you think.

What is your opinion of The Hurt Locker?

  • It was good filmmaking, and I like it for that reason (26%, 34 Votes)
  • Loved it, thought it was a great movie and deserves an Oscar (23%, 30 Votes)
  • Couldn't stand it. It was so fake that it should not get any award (15%, 19 Votes)
  • It was ok (neutral response) (13%, 17 Votes)
  • Terrible, it was one of the worst movies ever made and disrespects our military (10%, 13 Votes)
  • Did not like it, as I thought it was poorly made (8%, 10 Votes)
  • Awesome, it was a great representation of soldiers in war (5%, 8 Votes)

Total Voters: 131

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Bouhammer Poll: Do you agree with GEN McChrystal’s new ROE Policy

Do you think GEN McChystal's new Rules of Engagement is right?

  • No, he is sacrificing our warriors to appease the Afghans (42%, 27 Votes)
  • No, because protecting our warriors is the MOST IMPORTANT thing (29%, 19 Votes)
  • No, because kindness is seen as weakness in that part of the world (9%, 6 Votes)
  • Yes, protecting the Afghan civilians is the most important thing to win the war (6%, 4 Votes)
  • No, but not for a reason listed (6%, 4 Votes)
  • Yes, but not for a reason listed (5%, 3 Votes)
  • Yes, because that is the proper way to execute COIN effectively (3%, 2 Votes)
  • No, the enemy does not care about civilian lives, why should we (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Yes, not killing innocent civilians is more important than our own warriors (0%, 0 Votes)
  • None of the above (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 65

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Bouhammer Poll: What precludes you from buying at the Bouhammer Gear Store?

I have seen a lot of traffic on the Bouhammer Gear Store but I have not see a lot of purchases. This is quite disappointing because for all the T-shirts (except for the #militarymon Twitter shirt), 100% of the proceeds go directly to four great charities.

Not Alone, www.notalone.com
Fisher House, www.fisherhouse.org
Soldier’s Angels, www.soldiersangels.org
Books For Soldiers, www.booksforsoldiers.com

The #militarymon Twitter shirt has all proceeds go directly to Soldier’s Angels Project Valour-IT

So I am reaching out to you, my readers, to see if you have looked at the Bouhammer Gear Store, what was the reason you did not make a purchase?

If you have looked at the Bouhammer Gear Store but did not make a purchase, what was the main reasons?

  • Can't really afford anything right now, but I like them (56%, 15 Votes)
  • There are no designs that I really like (30%, 8 Votes)
  • Even though I would like to help the military supporting charities, I am more concerned with saving money (11%, 3 Votes)
  • Base price of the item is too expensive (7%, 2 Votes)
  • Waiting to see what other designs come out before I select (7%, 2 Votes)
  • Not enough payment options (e.g. Paypal, etc.) (7%, 2 Votes)
  • Vision Strike Wear hosted site is too confusing to navigate (7%, 2 Votes)
  • Shipping cost is too expensive (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 27

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