I ask this based on a recent story where Jimmy Carter has stated as much.

Suppose it was Al Qaeda? Does the Palestinians voting them into office now make them legit? Any less of a terror organization? What if they were in Pakistan? Iran? or maybe even America?

Does a terror organization EVER become legitimate? My belief is, once you become such an organized group, and you start murdering people - you can NEVER be legitimate. Not even votes can make it so. Votes don't suddenly make a murderous crew innocent, nor bring back the people they terrorized and killed.

ISIS. Now what if they are voted into office in Iraq? Do we forget what they are doing right now? What about Hezbollah down the road? Islamic State?

I guess what I'm asking is - can a terrorist group EVER be an officially recognized government by other legitimate governments, or should they? My answer is HELL NO!