What Pete Blaber has said about Death of Pat Tillman
2 quotes · 1 episode · Apr 6, 2026
Pete Blaber, Retired U.S. Army Delta Force commander, author of The Mission, The Men, and Me and The Common Sense Way, later a biotech executive, has been quoted on Death of Pat Tillman 2 times in 1 episode of The Shawn Ryan Show, most recently on April 6, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Blaber concluded that Tillman died in a friendly-fire accident caused by senseless orders from a toxic chain of command rather than by fog of war or enemy skill.
“the death of Pat Tillman and the Friendly Fire incident was caused by the sum total of senseless choices made by the toxic chain of command and their staff officers who issued the orders”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #294 Pete Blaber - Part 2: Delta Force Commander on Pablo Escobar, Takur Ghar, and Pat Tillman (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 19:21
Blaber says the battalion commander reported the friendly-fire cause to the regimental commander within two days, yet the family was not told for 35 days.
“I called the regimental commander at 12 noon and told him Pat was killed by friendly fire”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #294 Pete Blaber - Part 2: Delta Force Commander on Pablo Escobar, Takur Ghar, and Pat Tillman (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:47
Episodes
#294 Pete Blaber - Part 2: Delta Force Commander on Pablo Escobar, Takur Ghar, and Pat TillmanThe Shawn Ryan Show · Apr 6, 2026 · 6 h 60 min
Retired Delta Force commander Pete Blaber tells Shawn Ryan how toxic leadership caused Pat Tillman's death, and recounts the Iraq invasion's false intelligence.
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