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.
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.