I’ll go a step further: Some “civilizations” are not civilized.
The whole mid east.... as I mentioned to someone promoting the greatness of Saudi Arabia.... they never invented anything of did anything of value. Only received American dollars for oil. Their first car? A gift from one of the Oil companies in 1956. Other than that they would still be riding camels, horses and donkeys.
Its easy to buy things with oil money, right down to nuclear weapons.
Where is the civilization in that?
“Some “civilizations” are not civilized.”
And when they threaten those that are, need to be destroyed.