Nah, it's much simpler: American's are tired of spending 10x more than all other nations combined on the Pentagon budget, solution: create an even bigger boogey

Nah, it's much simpler: American's are tired of spending 10x more than all other nations combined on the Pentagon budget, solution: create an even bigger boogey-man than all other nations (what's bigger than aliens bent on world-domination), hell they don't even need to say that last bit, just insinuate aliens and they'll get twice as much $$. That or it really IS aliens, and we're just used to not believing the Pentagon, or U.S. govt... cause they haven't always looked out for our best interests (NSA / Snowden ring's a bell).