First, it&#x27;s extremely complicated. Second, yeah, it&#x27;s probably a mixed bag, some probably sincerely believe in their ideology and think that blowing themselves up is a good deed, others are in it for money or other reasons. What has been proven (pretty strongly at this point) is that it&#x27;s the M.O. of many terrorist organizations to recruit men from poor households... and they tell them after they&#x27;re dead from the suicide bombings, they&#x27;ll sustain their families monetarily. To the would-be suicide bombers, this seems like a good rational choice within the reality of their situation: struggling families, living in desolate conditions with not much hope in sight.<p>The matter of the fact is, a lot of these poor families that are approached by recruits would tell the recruiters to fuck off if they were not in such hopeless conditions.