Christian Craighead - SAS Operator | SRS #92

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The guy starts with “I’m nervous because I’m not sure I’ll be exciting enough”… then delivers one of the best podcasts on the internet 😂. Respect 👊👊👊

As a Brit and ex-British Soldier. This whole story pisses me right off to the highest order. To be clear, nothing at all negative about Christian Craighead, he is 100% a hero and deserves the highest recognition and accolades for his actions that day. The fact that he was so well received by the American diplomats and even POTUS warms my heart. What pisses me off to the heights of everything, is how he has been treated by the British establishment. This to me comes down to pure jealousy! Nothing more. I imagine the only reason it pisses off senior member of the MOD and Military is that they can’t claim that they personally sent him in. As I’m sure it’s actually them that wanted all this attention, they wanted to be the ones having their hands shook by the President of the United States and they wanted to be special guests of the Ambassador to the UK. They wanted to take control of this situation, after the fact of course, and they wanted people the praise them, calling them the hero for sending in a sledgehammer, whom I’m sure that they would have never ever mentioned the name of Christian Craighead, instead saying it’s an Un-named soldier that must stay un-named for national security reasons. This is the type of shit you see from senior member of the MOD and politicians. The SAS are a staple in British society, we very rarely hear anything about their heroics until years later, and even then, very rarely hear of the people involved directly. Instead, we hear from State Department officials pretending to be the men responsible, even though we all know full well, that they are all most likely much too afraid to even kill a spider that has invaded their bathroom, never mind, a fully armed element of Al-Shabaab, a highly trained and motivated, well armed terrorists, wearing S-Vests who are willing to kill themselves while taking out a hotel full of foreign visitors. This is the real reason this poor dude is going through hell here. Cowards wanting credit for the actions of hero’s. I’m so glad he moved to the States. May God bless Christian Craighead, and God bless all the members of the SAS and Security forces as a whole. I hope Karma comes back to bite all those assholes standing in his way. They don’t deserve to kiss the bottom of his dirty boots. All this could have been avoided had they swallowed their undeserved pride and shook his hand and congratulated him for saving British lives, along with all the other foreign visitors.

As a Zimbabwean I am deeply grateful for you risking your life, saving African lives. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

The humility to achievement ratio of Chris Craighead is off the scale. He is a real man.

“The motto of the SAS is who dares wins… not who asked for fucking permission wins” absolutely love this. Legend.

As an ex member of the UK military, I'm sitting listening to this man's story with tremendous pride. But with equal measure, absolute anger at the way members of our British establishment, have shown their total contempt for his unwavering courage. Shame on them all. I for one feel humbled. AWAY THE LADS.

Born in a council house to a single parent, grows up to be one of the single greatest humans we have. Chris Craighead is beyond inspirational.

I’m an American, and I thank you for saving 700 innocent people.. wherever they come from. It saddens me your country didn’t stand behind you in your heroic act.

I have always wanted to hear Shawn interview an SAS operator and Christian is probably one of the best candidates. Thank you shawn.

“OBI WAN NAIROBI”

Shawn Ryan is doing something that needs to be done for such a long time coming. I have lost many Marines to suicide and having Shawn bringing the guests that he has on this platform has been amazing and eye-opening in so many different ways. So honored to be a pay member to help out with your cause. Semper fi brother.

I thank Chris for his service. As a British citizen. We need more men like you and i find it a disgrace that the UK doesn’t even want to acknowledge this man’s level of bravery. Keep safe Chris

Mr. Craighead. If you read this. I just want to let you know that there are people who have been bullied, raped, abused, abandoned and other unmentionables as a child and look to people like you for guidance and hope. Your words, your experiences, your stories, your trauma, it matters....and it helps.

As a grateful Kenyan, I would like to personally thank Christian for saving my fellow Kenyan lives and Shwan Ryan for giving us this beautiful opportunity to appreciate this super-warrior's life and experiences. Dear Christian, we are deeply grateful, and we will be more than happy to return the favor. May God bless you.

I am from the UK and I could not be prouder to have a guy from the UK do such a selfless act. And when he spoke about the angel. My whole body went goosebumpy wow.. ❤

“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” Just a quote from a challenge coin I have and man this guy really lived up to that sentiment. What a podcast… wow, thank you Chris for being the person you are and thanks to Shawn for this platform. So much good content here!

On behalf of all British citizens, we thank you for your service. Your courage, actions and sacrifices that day do not go unnoticed. Your unwavering bravery and selfless actions have not only touched the lives of them you saved but have inspired gratitude and admiration. You are the true spirit of a hero!!! Thank you Christian 🫡 🇬🇧🇬🇧 Shame on our government but we the people stand with you!🇬🇧

As a British Citizen I am so proud of a man like this . What a guy .The Absolute Best of Who We Are. End Our government and establishment are an utter disgrace. Our people citizens must support men like this CRAIG YOU ARE THE MAN

As an American Leftist, thank you for saving American lives. 🇺🇸 Thank you for doing a Job. Thank you for not hesitating. Thank you for sharing your experience. I am anti-war, anti-violence. I am pro soldier and pro individual. 99 percent of the world is on the same page, no more wars. They don’t want individuals like CC walking around. Be safe my friend. You are more American than those fomenting these wars. Thank you for your service. Thank you for sharing your experience with God as well.