WELL, YEAH:

Hellyer warned, “The United States military are preparing weapons which could be used against the aliens, and they could get us into an intergalactic war without us ever having any warning. He stated, “The Bush administration has finally agreed to let the military build a forward base on the moon, which will put them in a better position to keep track of the goings and comings of the visitors from space, and to shoot at them, if they so decide.”

And the invasion of Iraq was all about securing control of a crashed alien spaceship that had landed in Saddam’s territory. Duh.

Then there’s the alien reality TV angle. Luckily, we haven’t thrown away our lead in orbital mind control rays.

And forget your tinfoil hats for stopping them. Those are worse than useless! (Note the use of Reynolds foil. Yes, I’m in on the whole thing! Bwahahaha!)

UPDATE: More on the conspiracy, here. And wait until we roll out America’s Secret Weapon. Are you seeing connections here? You should! I mean, do I have to spell things out for you people?

ANOTHER UPDATE: Here’s an actual photo of the moonbase, which has apparently been there since at least 1999.

MORE: “I can’t wait to hear what Mark Steyn has to say.” Indeed.