7th Rangers: SAS hero who battled terrorists in Kenyan hotel siege has revealed his identity after ‘Walter Mittys’ kept impersonating him on social media
Fighting Seventh
The Fighting Rangers On War, Politics and Burning Issues
Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
SAS hero who battled terrorists in Kenyan hotel siege has revealed his identity after ‘Walter Mittys’ kept impersonating him on social media
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
BCF : An SAS soldier who fought terrorists in a Kenyan hotel siege while
off-duty has been forced to reveal his identity after people kept
impersonating him on social media and in pubs near the elite force’s
Hereford base.
The Special Forces veteran, who uses the pseudonym Chris Craighead on
Instagram, shared a photograph showing his face for the first time. The image shows Craighead leading Kenyan security forces towards the
luxury DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi in 2019 before storming the complex and
defeating al-Shabaab terrorists.
In previously published pictures, his
features were hidden - either by clothing or the blurring of images -
to protect his identity after he ended the terror siege on the hotel
which left at least 21 people dead.
But now, Craighead has decided to post an image showing his face because the 'actions of others have forced my hand'. A
close friend of Craighead told MailOnline that the SAS veteran made the
decision because people were impersonating him on social media and on
the streets of Hereford.
The
source said Craighead has also received threatening messages on social
media saying 'I know who you are' and 'I know what you look like' after
images circulated online. Given
that the images of him were becoming 'increasingly available',
Craighead wanted to have the power to share the first image of his
face.
