Absolutely. They are Sunnis (though both agree the time of the Mahdi is at hand). That's why they took over the precise town in Syria that they believe the Mahdi will come in.
They also want to hasten that time, though so do the Shiites.
There apparent motivation is to establish a homeland. Besides apparently hating non-Muslims, I really have no other insights into that group. Obama recently said that ISIS was contained and he supposedly has a bunch of staffers working for him and finding out what is really going on.
I just do not know.
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.