The USA funded the origins of al-Qaeda and the origins of a less jihadist IS. They do not anymore.
No the U.S. does not fund them. The world funds them through paying kidnapping ransoms, extortionists of oil fields, plus the people joining are giving them funding.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.