They seek "the ends of times". Daesh is a death cult. Victims certainly is the goal here, to kill as many people as possible. There is no political goal, they made no political demands, they didn't make any in Paris either. The goal is to kill civilians.
They seek a Bush type response.
Unfortunately I don't know much about Belgian politics but I do hope they won't go down the "Hollande" route.
They should look up north, Norway is the shining beacon in terms of how a country can handle terrorism responsibly.
Nope. You're making the mistake of mapping a foreign political force with its own motives and ideas onto Western political disputes.