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Colin Kaepernick is no stranger to controversy, and the former NFL quarterback remained true to form after issuing two tweets that sparked immediate backlash after claiming that the United States was acting in an imperialist manner by issuing a missile strike attack in the Middle East.
His statements appeared be in response to President Donald Trump’s missile strike in Baghdad earlier this week. The attack claimed the life of Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, and has grabbed headlines over the past few days.
While many on both the right and left have critiqued the president’s decision, the criticism generally comes from the worry of the missile strike’s legality or its possible repercussions.
However, Kaepernick claimed that the reason behind the strike was “American imperialism.”
“There is nothing new about American terrorist attacks against Black and Brown people for the expansion of American imperialism,” he wrote in one tweet.