What exactly do we (America) gain from doing a drone strike against your average 'terrorist' (I'll be generous and use their terminology). At this point the id

What exactly do we (America) gain from doing a drone strike against your average 'terrorist' (I'll be generous and use their terminology). At this point the idea that we're there to control the oil is past its time. Many of these countries have pretty much nothing we can't get elsewhere. Is it just about projecting power? Paying military contractors? Some sick game. I truly don't believe that our government is stocked with wannabe murderers but clearly we commit murder at a distance with this drone program. I just can't figure out why we do it.