Colby Buzzell is a soldier who blogged about his experiences while he was on active-duty in the Iraq war. Buzzell, a U.S. Army machine gunner, began blogging in 2004 while he was stationed at a military base in Mosul, northern Iraq.CNN: Soldier Finds His Voice Blogging From Iraq (November 13, 2008)

"I observed a man, dressed all in black with a terrorist beard, jump out all of sudden from the side of a building, he pointed his AK-47 barrel right at my f------ pupils, I froze and then a split second later, I saw the fire from his muzzle flash leaving the end of his barrel and brass shell casings exiting the side of his AK as he was shooting directly at me. I heard and felt the bullets whiz literally inches from my head."CNN: Soldier Finds His Voice Blogging From Iraq (November 13, 2008)

"Looking back now, I don't think we had any business [in Iraq]. Hopefully, he gets us out of Iraq in a way that's not a disaster or that gets a lot of soldiers killed."—Buzzell referring to "he" as President Elect Barack ObamaCNN: Soldier Finds His Voice Blogging From Iraq (November 13, 2008)