It also has the added benefit of allowing federal authorities to crack down on civil rights and make all sorts of invasive controls over individual liberty , as in the latest controversy of the FBI demanding that Apple give them a digital key for unlocking phones and computers . The primary function , however , remains : the terror groups , whether they go by the name of al Qaeda or ISIS , give Washington the convenient cover to militarily invade any country on the globe . The real agenda being regime change or commandeering conflict.attack.na the natural resources of the target country for the gratification of Wall Street banks and other American corporations – in the exact same scam that pertained in the old days of Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler , who later confessed to being a henchman on behalf of US capitalism , by overthrowing governments in Central America and the Caribbean during the early 1900s . Admittedly , sometimes the terrorists do get whacked by the Pentagon . No doubt about it that Obama and his generals have killed numerous al Qaeda - linked operatives with assassination drone strikes in Afghanistan , Pakistan , Libya , Somalia and Yemen .