Naive is very likely the explanation for most of these men, perhaps all. Even the suicide bomber. Would anyone go to Somalia like it was
a vacation to Disneyland? Sure, if they didn’t know what life was like in Somalia. Sure, if they’d been systematically lied to by the very person buying them the ticket. What we’re seeing is a new form of human trafficking. Young males are solicited, fed lies, given transport abroad, and then trapped into whatever their handlers want them to do. It’s the same methods used to lure young females for prostitution, and they will continue to be effective. Of course, though this is new to America, it is not new elsewhere. This method of recruitment has been used for a long time, and in the last few decades has been particularly prevalent in Africa.
