Foinikas
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Both of them were completely different situations.You should know, if not from other wars of independence where the enslaved/subjugated fought against heavy odds and won, then from your own War of Independence against the Turkish occupation that 'the wall' can be brought down!!
Barely two years ago, the Taliban did the same, however one tries to deny them their that achievement!!
First of all,we weren't isolated in tiny locations. We had more of less control of the islands and their merchant fleets which turned to battle fleets. Our mountainous terrain was suitable for guerilla warfare. The villages and towns in the plains and valleys were often devasted by Ottoman reprisals and Albanian raids. Apart from that,we eventually got help from big European powers. Britain,France and Russia. However,Greek revolutions that started in parts of Greece closer to the Ottoman heartland or in isolated places which were "cramped" with Greeks and Turks,failed and the rebels executed.
Revolutions in Macedonia,Cyprus,Crete and much 200 years later in Pontus,all failed.
Also,there were no aircraft and UAVs back then,no barbed wires and high walls,no precision bombs,no telephones and no long range artillery.
As for Afghanistan...the Taliban only won because the Western forces left. They basically fought against a corrupt government with an incompetent army. The ANA only had a few good and well-trained units.