"However, I foresee that we are tending towards a victory," Prime Minister Edward placated them. "We have been winning over more allies to our side as our threats of destruction to Kandrian allies are too great to be ignored more often than not. At the rate of success that we are going, I foresee that it is more likely than not that we will end up obtaining the numerical advantage that we require."
He couldn't be certain, of course.
He didn't have the power of precognition, unlike their enemy.
"However, their window of opportunity to turn the tide of the war is changing," he continued. "In the past three months since the Kandria-Sekigahara Battle ended, we have picked all the low-hanging fruits among the allies. Allies that, for one reason or another, we had high confidence in being able to successfully convince to our side. Now, the fewer allies who remain undecided, the fewer opportunities they have to turn the tide around and prevent themselves from going down this route."