Yes, I'm sure a man who is likely a father and husband, suicide bombs some place so that you would have to live in fear of being molested by the TSA. That makes sense.
If someone believes a foreign government poses a real danger to the future welfare of his wife and kids, then his love for them becomes a motivator, not something to dissuade him.
They cannot know the final form of the harassment the government will come up with - but they know something will become overbearing.
And the individual doing the act of terrorism doesn't have to be the one being devious, in fact the lack of intelligence is exactly what those putting the idea into their head count on.