US Spending Billions To Stop Iraq IEDs

Ok, let me get this straight. We've been in Iraq for three years, lost thousands of troops to IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices or car bombs) and now we're putting in the money to stop them? What the fuck is wrong with this picture?

The United States is pouring billions more dollars and fresh platoons of experts into its campaign to "defeat IEDs," the roadside bombs President Bush describes as threat No. 1 to Iraq's future.

The American military even plans to build special, more defensible highways here, in its frustrating standoff with the makeshift munitions — "improvised explosive devices" — that Iraqi insurgents field by the hundreds to hobble U.S. road movements in the 3-year-old conflict.

Not enough personal protection, insufficiently armoured vehicles and supposedly no spending on IED prevention up to now. Just tell me how Bush is "supporting the troops"?