Book burning in Afganistan

For a society to be run by the heavy hand of a religion of make believe, like all religions, and then be obsessed with the burning of a book is archaic at best. For this kind of thought process to be enforced these poor souls will never make it out of their self imposed stone age.

Repressive Governments Stick Together

It is easy to see why Russia and especially China voted no on the United Nations Security Council vote for sanctions against Assad and his repressive murderous regime in Syria.
So one falls so will they all.