You're Just Jimmy's Type

I don't have too much to add to what's already been said about Jimmy Carter's meeting with Hamas, but I did find this paragraph in The New York Times interesting:

Mr. Carter said in the interview that he found the Hamas leadership, including Mr. Meshal, to be clear-thinking, educated people who gave no sign of fanaticism, although he did condemn in harsh terms their use of violence. During his meetings, he said, they did not break for prayer or talk of holy land or God. “It was secular talk,” he said.

So as long as they support terrorism and the destruction of Israel for secular reasons, that means they're rational.