What was I just saying?

Well, I went and looked up the transcript from AC360 last night, which teased before the break with, "Are they, as many Israeli officials -- as Israel's ambassador to the U.N. just said to us moments ago, using human beings as shields for their operations in South Lebanon? We'll take a look at that."

And what was the "look"? He interviewed Gary Berntsen, a "former CIA officer" who "led their Hezbollah unit" and is "president of the Berntsen Group, crisis management and global security group." Here's how it went, I did chop it down for space (just follow my link above to read the whole thing, I didn't cut out anything relevant, I swear):

COOPER: Let's talk about Hezbollah and their tactics. Israel's ambassador to the United Nations saying just a short time ago on this program that Hezbollah effectively is using civilians in South Lebanon as human shields...Do you think that's true? Does Hezbollah use humans as human shields?

BERNTSEN: Well, they'll be firing from civilian areas. They may not be throwing them right in front of them in combat operations. What they will be doing is using tactics of asymmetrical warfare.

I think the Israelis can expect that as they come into towns there will be anti-tank mines, there will be explosives set up and improvised explosive devices with command detonation. And then, of course, Hezbollah will follow up with snipers, you know trying to go after those that try to save Israelis that may get injured, you know, by those initial explosions. This is the tactics that Hezbollah will use...They don't want to go power on power with the Israelis.

They want to use small units, disperse, that can constantly redeploy to different positions and then as places get destroyed they can reinhabit some of them and fight from the rubble.

COOPER: Is it possible for Hezbollah to be disarmed, or even for them to voluntarily disarm?

BERNTSEN: I think that Hezbollah will be ultimately pushed back from the southern area. But they're not going to be completely disarmed in Lebanon. They're part of the fabric of Lebanon. 35 percent to 40 percent of the population are Shi'as, and there is some support, significant support among that population for Hezbollah.

And that was it! Having had his question completely evaded, AC never asked again or pushed on that. They went on to chat about Hezbollah vx. Al Quaeda, how the Iranians are acting more like terrorists while Hezbollah had moved into the political arena-- but never again was the question of human shields brought up. And for all their teasers about this story through the previous hour, it was pared down to one evaded question. I'm thoroughly disgusted.