Malignant market forces set sights on Europe

European politicians and central bankers are unsure what to do in the face of swift and brutal attacks from all sides on their generation-long dream to build a single currency and single market out of the rubble of a war-torn century. From Greece to Portugal to Spain, to the European Central Bank in Frankfurt itself, they cannot understand that the forces lined up against them will keep pushing until either the euro comes down or a massive and unpopular bailout is levied to prevent an international cross-default.