Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan defended Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, hinting that he was sent from God to help the Libyan people throw off the yoke of colonialism.Chicago Tribune: The 78-year-old leader of the Chicago-based organization received cheers Friday night from a packed crowd at a civil rights conference at Jackson State University.Farrakhan said his friend Gadhafi has played the role of a forceful parent in post-colonial Libya."When you come out of a colonial past where you have lost the value of your own self-interest, God raises somebody from among you that can instill in you the value of yourself again and that person dictates the path until you have grown into your own self-interest," Farrakhan said of Gadhafi.The minister did not address Gadhafi's alleged role in the bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 people in 1988.Farrakhan gave several reasons why the U.S. lacks the moral authority to intervene in the Libyan...(Read Full Post)