Given the current material and financial resources of the Ottoman Empire, not to mention supporting the joint forces of Britain and France, even solely supporting the 150,000 French Expeditionary Army mentioned by Jerome Bonaparte is an impossible task.
"If the Ottoman Empire cannot guarantee the logistical support for the expeditionary army, then the French Empire cannot guarantee victory over the Russian Empire!" Jerome Bonaparte gently rubbed his fingers, replying stiffly to Rifat Pasha: "Surely you know, the success of a war depends not only on the front lines but also on the rear lines.
If the Ottoman Empire cannot even ensure this, I cannot persuade my soldiers to go to a country that cannot even guarantee logistics for the war!"
"But, the French Empire…" Seeing that Jerome Bonaparte wanted to withdraw from the Near East, Rifat Pasha was immediately agitated.
