it never ceases to amaze me that if the Right pulled one iota of any of this crap, we would be villified, crucified and we'd never hear the end of it in the news. The left may be strategically superior at times, but it doesn't make them less evil, and these tactics ARE.
http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2011/10/27/learning-from-hamas-how-occupy-is-using-human-shields-veterans-the-young-the-old-the-disabled/