There seems to be a fairly agreed consensus in the world press that this is a move to bring Greece to heel politically

I agree, and I also agree that poor Greeks are not always in the focus of the institutions' interest. But, and that is my point, neither is what Syriza does.

placing the interests of the alliance above democracy

That is total nonsense. Democracy is about a country's own resources, not about foreign money. The Greek can mandate their government to refuse repayment of debts (which they did), but cannot decide that foreigners have to give them new money. If understood in the latter sense, it would be a betrayal of their voters - one more. Propaganda goes wild. Fortunately, many Greeks realize the truth and only vote for Syriza because the others seem even worse.

You also have yet to comment on the fact that Greece took out loans in order to pay them back into the E.U. to support France and Germany

What comment do you expect? Trying to pay back one's debts keeps up one's reputation of credit-worthiness, but ruining the debtor is in nobody's true interest. Many things went wrong, as everybody knows. And BTW: The actors of the drama are never whole countries, but governments, companies (such as banks), pressure groups (e.g. of Greek ship owners), and institutions, with their individual considerations and responsibilities.