Messmer escaped France June, 17th 1940 (ie one day before De Gaulle first broadcast calling for french joining the British) by hijacking a Vichy ship and he was a war hero in WWII but here he is lying: the truth is that French officers who tried to help harkis (loyalist Algerians) to reach France were threatened with sanctions by Messmer (who was following De Gaulle's orders) and that in fact the FLN would have been unable to take control over Algeria since the harkis outnumbered the FLN people. They were duped by the French Army who disarmed them. And then the FLN had his way with them.

Some French officers disobeyed orders and managed to save their harkis.

When I was in the Army I was in the same tent than the son of a harki. One day our MRE had beef and pork in it so I offered him to eat all the pork and leave him all the beef. Despite being a Muslim he refused and gladly ate half the beef and half the pork.

While I was the guy who aired the bitter and shameful story of the harkis I would advise you to remind about the fate of theSouth Vietnamese, Cambodains and H'Mong who had trusted the US.