Rescue from pirates

Captain Richard Phillips jumped overboard, and was rescued by US Navy SEALs. Three pirates dead, the other one in custody. (AP story)

Zed protests:

It's really disappointing that the Navy SEALs have no respect for the rules of international law. In terms of laws of "proportionality," the Navy SEALs killed three pirates, while the pirates killed no Americans. The casualty ratio, in other words, is infinity to one. Sure, some of those killed were militants, but that is of no consequence. 

The Navy SEALs should have waited until more Americans were dead before responding with such unacceptably disproportionate force. I hope that Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International will come out with fact-finding reports on their websites soon.  /sarcasm

TMV: Civis Romanus sum!

NRO's Corner:

Some good news this Easter Day. Captain Phillips has been freed by Navy SEALS, and in the course of the operation three of four pirates were killed, which is also good news.

Why is it good news that three of the four were killed?

Late Update: Good relative to their getting away free and living to pirate another day, I suppose.