I know that it’s a facile comparison (and obviously there is nothing ‘wrong’ simply with having an ally), but I still couldn’t avoid thinking of the Axis powers as I watched that video.

Fascism; they both see communists and muslims as their enemies. Their trade solidifies those common beliefs. (In India I believe 75% of muslims are considered converts from lower castes; even without this being true there is a clear class subjugation here, and it is not for nowt that the first national liberation movements against the Brits came from musilm communities.)