Re: British Spy chief visits Israel
The Israel Iran difference in wealth, technology and overall capabilities is perhaps a great example of how regressive islamic regimes are.
Iran has a great cultural background, a population that was once well liberated. It is one of the top 3 oil reserve nations and exporters. It is sitting at a very strategic location. Yet all that has become useless. The clergy rule has effectively sent them back a few centuries!
A comcrete reason why religion must be kept away from the state.
Israel otoh, in spite of being surrounded by hostiles, in spite of being a recent entity, in spite of being a tiny tiny nation, has become a strong vibrant creative society where people are happy but for the weekly skirmish with the PLO/Hamas.
The so called islamic clergy has ruined one country after another, not just Iran. Afghanistan under taleban should also be a dire warning for all others including Malaysia and Pakistan