打击起义军并不是要用“无用”的镇压手段站在人民的对立面；而是击溃FLN的指挥结构，让他们成为失去首脑的群氓。
The way to crack the insurgency was not to antagonize the people with oppressive, but “useless” measures; it was to take out the FLN’s command structure. Eliminate that and the result would be a leaderless mass.