Why do we want the Klingons as allies? Think about them in comparison to the other major powers in the quadrant, then tell me that the Klingons aren't the best bet to becoming the next member of the Federation.
Klingons: They party hearty. They believe in family values. They avenge crimes. They don't spend all of their time looking around corners and behind their back seats for members of the Tal Shiar or Obsidian Order. They have the hearts of poets. Sure, they fight and pillage, but they have a code of honor that prevents assasination and back-stabbing. Heck, anyone who's a Shakespeare fan can't be ALL bad.
Romulans: They believe that the state is infallable, that anyone and everyone is inferior to them (even the genetically identical Vulcan race). They have no problem with back-stabbing. They never looked ahead. Consider the Romulan/Klingon alliance. They gave away the secret of cloaking technology just to get some ships? This is a race so consumed with the ratrace of today that they can't be depended upon to worry about their future.
Cardassians: An entire race of second-guessers and backstabbers. The Obsidian Order has infiltrated the society so much that everyone just admits that they're living under a microscope. They're so deluded that in the same breath that they claim genetic superiority they complain about the cold and want to go to the sauna.
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