@RSO,
“In my line of work I travel often and i have made use of Chabad houses on four continents: North America, South America, Europe and Asia.”
If you think so badly of them and their motives, why would you use them when it’s convenient? I would never go to a conservative temple under any circumstances.
“among yidden who don’t know the difference between a Rabbi who knows halochoh and one who doesn’t. ”
Most Chabad Shluchim aren’t Poskim and don’t claim to be. Although every single one has Semicha Lerabbonus (Yoreh Yoreh). I’m sure you can find a shliach here and there who has made a mistake in Halacha, but to paint 5000 people with the same brush of Am Haratzus? Additionally, most people who frequent Chabad Houses aren’t looking for a competent Rav or Posek to ask their Shaylos too. They’re looking too learn about Yiddishkait, to daven on Shabbos, to hear Shofar on Rosh Hashonah. I hope when you use our Shluchim all over the world you tell them exactly what you think of them, you don’t eat their food since it’s probably not kosher according to you (after all they don’t know Halacha) and you leave them with a nice sized donation for making use of their services even though they weren’t sent to a remote corner of the world to make life comfortable for frum people.
edited – keep your tone down…just as you asked of others