Can Anybody Tell Me

what's going on here?

There's all these Suicide Bombers! They're in Iraq, they're in Afghanistan,they're in Palestine; in fact they appear now to be everywhere. They're showing up now in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal. Now, it's pretty clear that the poor and the weak and the poorly armed civilians can't compete with hundred-million-dollar attack planes with star wars-ish Electronic Warfighting capabilities. But still, so many of them! In Iraq alone, "The American military has reported more than 1,400 since January 2004. Before the U.S.-led invasion, there had been no suicide bombings in Iraq." Studies: Suicide bombers in Iraq are mostly foreigners(McClatchy, August 8, 2007)
Now, I'm not about to rant and moan about this situation. That the United States is losing at least one, and probably two, wars, is pretty obvious. The feckless President and his hegemonic sidekicks are fierce believers in military power, and nobody can say them nay. I have long claimed that it's impossible to defeat an enemy that won't stop fighting. All you can do is kill them all. A sort of modern-day Final Solution - one which I hope the world is not willing to accept any more.
But, at long last, to get to the point: There are literally thousands of people who balance their present life against the prospect of blowing themself up - and think that setting off a bomb in their pants is a reasonable thing to do. This is a remarkable decision. Has anybody even thought to try to figure out why they come to that conclusion?
Yah Yah Yah! Brainwashing. Religious Fanaticism. Islamofacism. "Threats Of Hell And Hopes Of Paradise". I don't buy it. All of this can sway people, but it's not going to create a suicide bomber unless the person is accessible to the idea in the first place. What makes someone vulnerable to such a crazy idea? Why are so many so willing to leave this life?
Just asking.