#1) I'm not sure the Klingons wanted such an excuse;kostmayer wrote:Sisko was ordered not to interfere, instead he tipped off the Cardassians, then went and rescued the Detapa council using force. The Federation could quite reasonably claim that Sisko was acting on his own. It would give the Klingons an excuse not to interpret his actions as an act of war.
#2) Sisko's action aren't at question here. What is at question is that the Klingons' presence an exfil activities at DS9 could reasonably be interpreted not to be an act of war, while s2s combat couldn't so be handwaved away.