I'm not sure I'd just blow off Kaplan to make a general, superficial point about American crypto-imperialism. In the absence of other evidence I'm going to assume his argument is armed with more facts and analysis than yours.
Peter Moskos has been writing about the Greek riots for a few weeks now --- http://www.petermoskos.com --- and the picture he paints make the situation in Greece sound very different from student riots in South America (and also different from Kaplan's somewhat alarmist take).
I wasn't trying to make any points about the particular situation in Greece. I was trying to say that, yes, the author cites some facts, but that he disregards the stuff he provides evidence for (the political situation is Greece over the last forty years), then draws conclusions that he doesn't provide evidence for (the circumstances that have brought about the current riots).
Peter Moskos has been writing about the Greek riots for a few weeks now --- http://www.petermoskos.com --- and the picture he paints make the situation in Greece sound very different from student riots in South America (and also different from Kaplan's somewhat alarmist take).