Revisiting Ambrose Evans-Pritchard’s Letter to America

Electronic Telegraph ^ | April 20, 1997 | Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

[Flintlocks Wife]

http://www.afn.org/~govern/Riddance.html

[Flintlocks Wife]

Yesterday evening, Donald Trump gave one beautiful speech at his Waukesha, WI rally. While his other speeches are good, this was outstanding. During that day, I had been thinking about Ambrose Evans-Pritchard’s sad letter, “Goodbye, good riddance” to the American people upon his return to Great Britain. Mr. Evans-Pritchard had been the Washington correspondent for The Telegraph and one of the few at that time who kept the spirit of liberty and independent inquiry alive during those dismal days in 1997 at the beginning of Bill Clinton’s second term. His Clinton concerns were expressed in several excellent articles and his book, "The Secret Life of Bill Clinton: the unreported stories" (Regnery Publishing, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1997); and he was sorely disappointed that the votes of the people gave that second term to President Clinton. A perusing of this letter is perhaps now timely. The link to “Goodbye, good riddance” can be found at:

http://www.afn.org/~govern/Riddance.html

The second to last paragraph contains:

“Critics tell me that I have invested too much emotion in my quarrel with the Clintons. To that I plead guilty. It comes from befriending so many of their victims. I am content to be blacklisted as the "mad scribbler" - as the Washington Post called me this week - for I am confident that one day historians are going to view Clinton as a the last great cad of the 20th century, or worse.”

But the last one holds a special dire warning to which we should pay special attention during this 2016 election:

“To the American people I bid a fond farewell. Guard your liberties. It is the trust of each generation to pass a free republic to the next. And if I know you right, you will rouse yourself from slumber to ensure exactly that.”

Mr. Trump has said this election of 2016 is our last chance. He may well be right.

[Riflema]

Wow. Just wow. I never read this back then, although no stranger to AEP’s later work. This needs to be distributed far and wide.

[Gay State Conservative]

I read him from time to time in The Telegraph.He is truly outstanding.

[PGR88]

And this was written before Lewinsky, and also Clinton’s bombing of Serbia on behalf of the Saudis....

[Corpus_Delicious]

Yes, I remember reading about Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Washington Times in the 1990s. If I recall correctly, I believe he was a guest on the G. Gordon Liddy radio show. Outstanding man.