Quote Originally Posted by makaikhaan View Post
This is BS. Why's everyone getting so up in arms over the US crossing into Waziristan? Tell me this; if you're chasing Bin Laden and his cronies all through Afghanistan, you're finally chasing them down, you see the "welcome to Pakistan, have a nice day!" sign, do you suddenly just stop? The Taliban and Al Qaeda are breaking international law with their movements all over international borders; as far as I'm concerned, if Pakistan's not going to get off its and start actually DOING something like they're supposed to be, then we've got to hunt the 's down even if it crossing the border. Or I suppose the Euros would rather the war in Afhanistan just go on forever while we try to play whack-a-mole trying to pin down forces whose bases we cannot extinguish and who's movements we cannot predict or monitor.
jurisdiction (from the Latin ius, iuris meaning "law" and dicere meaning "to speak") is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility.
Or in common English: Jurisdiction is the authority given to a legal body, or to a political leader (Prime Minister, President, etc.) to deal with legal matters, and to pronounce or enforce legal matters.