Tragically, the US presence in Afghanistan has failed to end the flourishing illegal drug trade that bankrolls and nurtures the Taliban's existence.
Mr Cameron can be pickier than his predecessors about how he bankrolls his party.If the pragmatic financial case for embracing Lord Ashcroft has weakened, the political arguments for resolving the problem have strengthened.
Others insist that the company is owned by Jews, or that it bankrolls Israel.
Unlike other terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda in Iraq, IS largely funds itself rather than relying on rich supporters (despite various versions of a conspiracy theory in the region that America, Iran or Israel bankrolls the group).
PrivatBank is part of the business empire of Ihor Kolomoisky, a pro-Kiev Ukrainian oligarch who bankrolls anti-separatist militias in eastern Ukraine, and has served as governor of the eastern region of Dnipropetrovsk since March.
Badri Patarkatsishvili, a tycoon who fled from Russia, openly bankrolls some of the protesters, no doubt for admirable reasons.
Saudi Arabia bankrolls it, for it has little wealth, and Israel, with which it has discreetly cosy relations, guards its borders with drones.
Britain's prime minister, David Cameron, vows to defend the union with "every fibre", though his party has just one MP north of the border, and a growing number of his English MPs grumble about Britain "subsidising" Scotland's comparatively generous public services (a charge the SNP disputes, arguing that Scotland bankrolls Britain with North Sea oil and gas revenues).
Online gambling, critics contend, feeds addiction, corrupts children, wrecks families, bankrolls criminals and launders money.
On top of all this he is also a prodigious fund-raiser who bankrolls the campaigns of many of the state's lawmakers.
It bankrolls armies across Latin America – and US courts give asylum to refugees fleeing those same soldiers.
