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Things were a little bit more complex in Algeria. Algeria has become French in 1830, and became independent in 1962, i.e. 130 years later. The harkis didn't "call us in": we've been there long before their birth.
Also, French colonization was very preachy everywhere, and even more so in Algeria. France is the country that adhered the most to the "white man's burden" ideology, and as such, France underwent great length to civilize the savages. This led to immense efforts of preachy education (which were also happening on the national territory).
The Algerian situation is also specific in that Algeria was the only French population-colony in the world. As a result, there were one million Frenchmen in Algeria (on a total population of 10 million), and many Jewish Algerian natives were granted the French nationality. Algeria wasn't considered a colony, but a full-fledged French territory.
There are quite a few Algerians who were led to believe that France was indeed a force for good in their land. And that the land would be better off remaining French, as it had been for 130 years.
Some force of good we were.
Yeah, you certainly stopped being a force for good. When you left.
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