And, pointedly, Eddington and Sisko were fellow soldiers officers for a time, until Eddington betrayed the oath that they both made to Starfleet, so it’s actually somewhat understandable that Sisko took it quite personally.
Eddington was very definitely a traitor to Starfleet because of his actions.
Kira was a member of an occupied and oppressed population who became a freedom fighter, which honestly could be described as one of the most patriotic things she could do under the circumstances. That is parsecs away from abusing one’s position as a Starfleet officer and effectively working directly against the UFoP’s ongoing diplomatic efforts and astropolitical goals (bureaucratic as they may be).
until Eddington betrayed the oath that they both made to starfleet, so it’s actually somewhat understandable that Sisko took it quite personally.
More to that point, Eddington made a fool of Sisko and used Cassidy Yates as a decoy in order to do it. Sisko never admits it, and always focuses on the betrayal of his uniform, but I think that realistically, Sisko would not have been quite as obsessed as he was if not for the personal nature of the betrayal.
Oh yeah - I forgot that he also framed Sisko’s girlfriend as a smokescreen for going turncoat to the Maquis. Yeah, that would definitely make it extremely personal in the worst of ways.
And, pointedly, Eddington and Sisko were fellow
soldiersofficers for a time, until Eddington betrayed the oath that they both made to Starfleet, so it’s actually somewhat understandable that Sisko took it quite personally.Eddington was very definitely a traitor to Starfleet because of his actions.
Kira was a member of an occupied and oppressed population who became a freedom fighter, which honestly could be described as one of the most patriotic things she could do under the circumstances. That is parsecs away from abusing one’s position as a Starfleet officer and effectively working directly against the UFoP’s ongoing diplomatic efforts and astropolitical goals (bureaucratic as they may be).
More to that point, Eddington made a fool of Sisko and used Cassidy Yates as a decoy in order to do it. Sisko never admits it, and always focuses on the betrayal of his uniform, but I think that realistically, Sisko would not have been quite as obsessed as he was if not for the personal nature of the betrayal.
Oh yeah - I forgot that he also framed Sisko’s girlfriend as a smokescreen for going turncoat to the Maquis. Yeah, that would definitely make it extremely personal in the worst of ways.