Just going to reiterate this shit.
"Human shields" means hostages. They are holding hostages.
You're never the good guy when you shoot the hostages.
Somehow the media and political class has transformed this into more of an excuse than a deterrent.
"You blew up a hospital."
"Well, they were using human shields."
That's not a period at the end of the sentence, or it shouldn't be. The immediate reply should be, "So you're saying they are hostages, and you blew up the hostages."