In a series of posts on X, a British YouTuber joked about launching nuclear bombs to “atomize” countries like India for the “smallest infraction,” sparking widespread outrage online.
“When I become Prime Minister of England I will open the nuclear silos as an explicit warning to any foreign power interfering in British interests and affairs. I’m not talking about major incidents, I’m eager to launch and atomize entire nations for the smallest infraction,” YouTuber Miles Routledge wrote on X.
In a now-deleted post, he named India as one of those countries and said that if he were Prime Minister of the UK, he would attack India “just for the sake of attacking”. “Hell, I might attack India just for the sake of attacking!” he wrote.
When I become Prime Minister of England, I will open the nuclear weapons silos as an explicit warning to any foreign power interfering in British interests and affairs.
I'm not talking about major incidents, I'm eager to blow up and destroy entire nations over the smallest infraction. photo.twitter.com/UGBKYB3pku
— Lord Miles (@real_lord_miles) August 20, 2024
Accused of rant-inciting, Mr Routledge said he didn't like India and gave a deeply racist explanation for it. “Believe it or not, I just don't like India. I can feel an Indian too, he is Indian,” he claimed after an anonymous X user allegedly threatened him over his comments.
“Indian threatening to find me its backfiring lmao,” he wrote while sharing a screenshot of the chat.
The image featured a message from a user, which read: “I will find you, I promise, your apology video will be sweet.”
After posting the original threat, Mr Routledge shared a flood of disturbing racist memes and AI-generated images to bolster his comments.
Who is Miles Routledge?
In 2021, the 25-year-old British student was stranded in Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover and had to be evacuated from the war-torn country. He became infamous as a “dangerous tourist” who planned a trip to Afghanistan to experience life under the Taliban offensive, arriving in Kabul on August 13, just days before the city fell on August 15. Despite warnings from the British government, he traveled to the country and documented his experiences on platforms including 4chan, Facebook and Twitch.
When the Taliban took over, he was stranded and sought refuge in a safe house, eventually being evacuated by the British army on 17 August in the guise of a woman in a burqa.
He also signed a book deal with Antelope Hill and published his account of the fall of Afghanistan in December 2022. Routledge continued to travel to dangerous locations, including Kazakhstan, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Ukraine and Brazil, where he faced various challenges, such as wrongful imprisonment and illegal border crossings.