"The 'War on Terror' has been waged since the 1970's"

One of the main agents promoting "terror" during or after the 70s was in fact the CIA and its agents and allies - most obviously in such places as Chile, Argentina and Nicaragua. (As well as in the course of the war in Vietnam and Cambodia).

"Civilisation" is always under attack. From all sorts of directions.

What is "bogus" is the claim that what is happening is a war on "terror" in general, rather than a selective attack on those identified as hostile the USA, which goes a lot wider than those who have been engaged in terrorist activities against the USA.