You're right about the desire for short term goals. However, only focusing on long term solutions is not a luxury the US has. It has made many enemies who are trying to actively harm US citizens. It does need better long term strategies to prevent future enemies, but it also needs to deal with the people that already believe their path to a wonderful afterlife is achieved via blowing themselves up in populated places.
Keep in mind the US is always going to be on someone's bad side as long as they assume the role of world watch dog. It's convenient for Norway to wash their hands of any messy killings, but they don't seem to care for the spread of ISIS either.
Keep in mind the US is always going to be on someone's bad side as long as they assume the role of world watch dog. It's convenient for Norway to wash their hands of any messy killings, but they don't seem to care for the spread of ISIS either.