A simple example of a sovereign entity is basically defined by its willingness to hold [[murder]]ers accountable. For example, if a foreign tourist is murdered by a citizen of the country they travel to. In the case of [[Palestine]], murderers are often lionized and held up as public heroes. A sovereign entity must not only have the willingness to uphold [[justice]] and the [[rule of law]] for all persons - citizens and non-citizens alike - within the area under its control, but the ability to enforce law.<ref>In the case of various [[regime change]] theories in [[Iraq]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Libya]], [[Syria]] and the [[Ukraine]], it was held by outside powers that local governments were incapable or unwilling to control various terrorist entities occupying territory supposedly under the local regime's sovereign control. The fact that a government does not control the territory it claims sovereignty over forfeits that regime's pretended sovereignty.</ref> | A simple example of a sovereign entity is basically defined by its willingness to hold [[murder]]ers accountable. For example, if a foreign tourist is murdered by a citizen of the country they travel to. In the case of [[Palestine]], murderers are often lionized and held up as public heroes. A sovereign entity must not only have the willingness to uphold [[justice]] and the [[rule of law]] for all persons - citizens and non-citizens alike - within the area under its control, but the ability to enforce law.<ref>In the case of various [[regime change]] theories in [[Iraq]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Libya]], [[Syria]] and the [[Ukraine]], it was held by outside powers that local governments were incapable or unwilling to control various terrorist entities occupying territory supposedly under the local regime's sovereign control. The fact that a government does not control the territory it claims sovereignty over forfeits that regime's pretended sovereignty.</ref> |