Editorial: What is the point of destroying Greece?

The new government of Greece is engaged in a furious round of diplomacy and negotiation at present, seeking a new agreement on how the rest of Europe can support the country financially, as it attempts to rebuild its shattered economy and its badly bruised society.

The Syriza administration, with its youthful, charismatic leaders and unorthodox bluntness, has made clear that it will end the long winter of austerity endured by Greeks over the ...