Not ALL civilization.  Just the ones who oppose us and our way of life.  The US is the greatest force for good to succeed in the world.

If it weren't for DARPA, we wouldn't all be arguing w/ each other using computers to comment.  And we can also thank Bush Sr for making the use of the internet commercially available to all (18 USC 1080(?).  I was 4 yrs old playing w/ hotwheels in Oct 1969 in Boelter hall when one of the first successful messages was sent via "e-mail".  Now I wish I didn't have so many to peruse!