People saying they were "brainwashed" really grates me.
They had full access to watching ISIS burn human beings alive in cages and then decide that was lifestyle choice they could enjoy and well worth lying to and leaving their families behind, while then traveling halfway across the world and through multiple countries/checkpoints.
They're on the same level as 9/11 and holocaust deniers, the truth was right in front of them but they ignored it. I can understand to a degree someone sympathizing with the ISIS idea of "pure islam"...but not all the death and dark age torture this group of psychopaths activley brag about. You can't even use the excuse "western media is disorting their message", because it's ISIS themselves that are packaging these slick snuff movies for mass consumption, not some undercover news reports.
I think if a man 3,000 miles away wanted me to come and marry him, i might just google what he's promising while booking my tickets, emptying my bank account and renewing my passport.