What Pete Blaber has said about Iraq and weapons of mass destruction
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 Iraq and weapons of mass destruction 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 says he and his CIA counterpart concluded the satellite imagery later used by Powell showed a water truck, ordinary HVAC units, and a man urinating rather than WMD activity.
“these air purification systems, these air that purify the air, doesn't that look like the same thing we got on top of our buildings, an HVAC system?”
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 3:55:39
Blaber advises viewers to evaluate photos and videos without their accompanying captions or narration before accepting an official interpretation.
“get rid of the call-out boxes, get rid of the narration, watch the video without the narration, look at the satellite photos without the call-out boxes”
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 3:57:53
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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