Reuel Marc Gerecht Bloomberg

Since 1990, Algeria has been a volcano waiting toexplode again. The revolts in Libya and Tunisia haveprobably brought that day closer. The coming shock toenergy markets and America’s role in the region may not besmall. (Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former case officer in theCentral Intelligence Agency, is a senior fellow at theFoundation for Defense of Democracies. He is the author of“The Wave: Man, God, and the Ballot Box in the MiddleEast.” The opinions expressed are his own.) To contact the writer of this column:Reuel Marc Gerecht at efratiforty@me.com To contact the editor responsible for this column:Tobin Harshaw at