Persuasively he pointed out to Monteil how the French ratissages operations were "our best recruiting agent", and after this extraordinary first meeting between a F.L.N. leader and a French official, Monteil left with the firm impression of "a man of faith, and of good faith, pushed to the limits by a lively sentiment of the injustice that has hit his people".

XREF: Counterinsurgency literature widely documents the phenomenon where harsh tactics backfire and radicalize populations — aligns with works on Algeria and Vietnam.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 348