Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- In all the hubbub over the massive protests against the Islamist regime in Iran, and possibility of strikes on the regime by the US and its allies, it would be easy to miss the significance of a video that made the rounds on X (formerly Twitter) that collects dozens of Bangladeshi social media influencers kissing digital images of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

This unambiguous sign of support by some young Bangladeshis for one of the most violent theocrats in the world, who, in recent weeks, has systematically killed thousands of his own people (estimates range between about 5,000 and over 30,000) for the crime of protesting, is both chilling, and ironic.

Chilling, for the celebration of a mass murderer. Ir...