What does it mean that bin laden and his followers are pathologically jealous of the western world?

The statement made in the question is a subjective assessment of a situation, therefore, it is not a universal truth.

Osāma bin Lādin (19571 - 2011), known as Osama bin Laden was a jihadist terrorist of Saudi origin known as the creator of the al Qaeda terrorist network.

Al Qaeda is a paramilitary, jihadist organization that uses bloodthirsty practices to dominate its adversaries: like murder or torture.

The organization believes that an alliance led by Israel, EE. UU and the countries of Western Europe conspire against Islam. Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion whose dogma is based on the Koran, which states that "There is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is the last messenger of Allah."

In other words, Islam wants to prohibit a basic right for the Western world: freedom to express which includes the freedom to choose a religion.

whose power in the senate is equal to the power of the speaker of the house?

alliances in ww1 were different from ww2 because the entente in ww1 made up of serbia,russia,france,britan,japan and italy later america  and all allied in a sort of balance of power and too keep germany,austria-hungary,and the ottomans down. russia allied the serbians in order to exert its influence in the balkans while france allied the russians because france was still in dismay and insulted after the defeat to the germans during the unification of germany and britian allied the belgians after the germans invasion of belgium.in ww2 the alliances were in a preemptive attempt to deter any further wars into happening while germany and italy allied since they were insulted and humiliated after the previous war while also sharing a similar ideology of facsim along with japan which all 3 had a want for world domination and agreed to assist one another in the endevours 

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