I agree; recall the histories I posted:
1. Some UK missionaries hope to bring the Irish to heel and change the economic system (one of the stated goals in the article I cited) by de-conversion. At the height of the Potato Famine, food is given to the starving RCatholics in exchange for anti-Catholic re-education.
2. US missionaries go to the Philippines with the goal of evangelising, including de-Catholicising, a largely RCatholic populace. The creation of a market friendly to US goals (including the establishment of a port closer to China for US trade) is hoped for by the US govt.; McKinley encourages the evangelizing. When the Filipinos prefer an indigenous self-rule, their efforts are quashed.
3. After the purchase of Alaska by the US, missionaries are used to de-Orthodox the Aleutian Orthodox (Russian jurisdiction). The goal in this opening market is to strip the native American Orthodox of their culture, language and Orthodox faith. Children are removed from their homes; in one of the homes for children, their (Orthodox) baptismal crosses are taken as they are now to become "real Christians".
Their Russian Orthodox bishop writes to McKinley to protest the over-use of the Tlinglit's resources (land, seals, etc.) and the incipient poverty they face from US companies overuse. The program re: these Native American Orthodox continues. After the 2cnd WW (and their incarceration) they return to find their Orthodox Churches defaced (reportedly by US troops).
4. US missionaries in Turkey protest the slaughter of the Armenian Christians (eventually numbering 1,000,000) to the US govt. When the accounts of this genocide leak to the western press, one US govt. official's response is that this news is "inconvenient", as it risks US goals for cooperation with the Turks (re: the Middle Eastern oil fields then owned by Turkey). The US govt. requires that US missionaries may not evangelise the non-Christians there. Many US missions leave. The Orthodox, an historical presence in this conquered (15th c) area remain, though in reduced numbers and under adverse circumstances.
5. In Central America, there is a concern to undermine a feared Communist advance and keep markets there open to US interests. Some US missionaries are keen on de-converting the RCatholics. In one document produced during this era (US), all RC priests are to be treated as "potential enemy combatants". In Guatemala, the de-conversion is assisted by US missionaries. The Guatemalan president, touted as an exemplary Evangelical Christian, becomes a temporary "poster child" for the Evangelical movement south of the US border. Later, thousands of Native Catholics on desirable lands are found in mass graves. One Guatemalan, who lost his faith in this era, remarks that who would want this Christian God, whose adherants impoverish and slaughter so many people.
6. In Russia, after the collapse of the USSR, the US appoints Larry Summers and others to provide advice to the Russian govt. on creating a free market there. Privatization and then an Oligarchy come to control a large portion of the Russian economy. Some US advisers are found to have created back-room Hedge Funds based on the Russian economy. The resulting collapse of the Russian economy is said to have reduced the life expectancy there to 58 years. Poverty is rampant, illness rife and treatment scarce. Yet US advisers claim that the Oligarchs should not be punished, but be allowed to keep their ill-gotten gains; it is the most efficient route to the desired economic system:
Anders Aslund
Russian Privatization Revisited
In other words, it is acceptable for the people of Russia to experience dire poverty, as this economic suffering will at least eventually result in a western economy.
Considering this history, is it any wonder that US missionaries are suspected to be working against the interests of the Russian people ?
It is the responsibility of the State to protect its citizens.
The Orthodox do preach Christ in Russia.
