Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "Second Longest Siege in History: The (Staggering) Siege of Candia 1648-1669" video.

  1. We've had internationally recognized countries that haven't lasted that long
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  2. @VinnieG-  that's the Ottomans. They don't kill people conquer thheir lands, they killed people so they could say they owned the land
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  3. @VinnieG-  Let's put it this way: Only 20% of taxes owed were collected, and only 20% of that physically arrived at the Ottoman palace
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  4. @VinnieG-  No, the real fraud was the assertion the Ottomans were owed taxes (also, corruption losses). At any given time, much of the Ottoman government was defunct, a situation that only got worse as it expanded.
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  5. @VinnieG- Ottoman tax collection was more violent than American COIN.
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