{"id":54180,"date":"2017-03-01T06:54:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T06:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=54180"},"modified":"2017-03-01T06:54:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T06:54:47","slug":"william-owens-widow-and-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=54180","title":{"rendered":"William Owens&#8217; widow and father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; a meditation on grief, politics and the raid in Yemen ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>That long moment with SEAL <strong>William \u201cRyan\u201d Owens<\/strong>&#8216; widow, <strong>Carryn Owens<\/strong>, was the central human moment of <strong>President Trump<\/strong>&#8216;s speech to the Joint session of the United States Congress today.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bmQ3Z7Z7Bwo?ecver=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>My emotions were varied and braided. The widow&#8217;s grief was obvious, and I felt and grieved for her, as I&#8217;m sure we all did.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What the President did w Owen&#39;s widow was capital P Presidential. It was the single most extraordinary moment I&#39;ve seen from Trump &#8211; by far.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatyTurNBC\/status\/836783151347302401\">March 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At the same time, the President featuring it in his speech seemed manipulative and, in the worst sense, political:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was by far the grossest thing Trump has done and reporters are bizarrely intoxicated by it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fGG0Ap3627\">https:\/\/t.co\/fGG0Ap3627<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BFriedmanDC\/status\/836817330894172160\">March 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As I say, my emotions were varied and braided.<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Nor let us forget the father&#8217;s grief, which expressed itself in an angry, anguished question &#8212;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3e2Owt9L35w?ecver=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212; nor, finally, the grief of the <strong>Awlaki<\/strong> family at the loss in that same raid of <strong>Nawar Anwar Al-Awlaki<\/strong>, Sheikh <strong>Anwar Awlaki<\/strong>&#8216;s 8-year-old daughter &#8212; an American girl among the civilian casualties.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nawar-Awlaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nawar-Awlaki.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nawar-Awlaki-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I grieve again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; a meditation on grief, politics and the raid in Yemen ] . That long moment with SEAL William \u201cRyan\u201d Owens&#8216; widow, Carryn Owens, was the central human moment of President Trump&#8216;s speech to the Joint session of the United States Congress today. ** My emotions were varied and braided. 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