"Hmm, hate to say it, but we end up doing that sometimes too. We don't get involved in internal conflicts - not allowed, but when an outside threat comes, such as the Klingon, we protect those who need it." He didn't say that some people eschewed their protection, and while that was their right, Kirk would probably protect them anyways. He was that sort of man, and damn the consequences of that.
"I suppose, but I wonder what they would say if we argued that what they're doing is in and of itself a crime. Kidnapping us, charging us with crimes and no trial, especially people from different universes and worlds. I don't know about you, but where I come from there's such a thing as rules and procedures and right to a trial of your peers."