Extreme Makeover

I love to watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. There are a few things I don't like about it, but on the whole, it's an enjoyable, and often emotional watch. One thing in particular I just don't understand about this show and others like it though, is the glorification of armed forces members. I know it's an American cultural thing or whatever, but seriously, it just seems a bit ridiculous to me. I'm not an advocate of war, so I guess that has something to do with it, but I understand they often do good things for people. What I don't get is how people think that the armed forces are fighting for the freedom of their country. Hello, they're fighting wars in other countries. Killing random foreigners is not making your country any more free. Maybe their intentions are right, they join up to help people, and that's all well and good, but seriously, does it make them a hero when they go to some other country and get injured in a war that really doesn't have anything to do with them or their country? I'm just not sure about it. Members of armed forces seem to be elevated above those with other professions, while there are people doing much more to aid the peace effort, fight for the rights of the underprivileged and work for freedom and equality in their local communities and all over the world.
I love that New Zealand's airforce has become a huge joke containing, I think, one hercules plane now! I also love that there is no huge emphasis or big deal placed on joining the army or anything here. The only time I really see this kind of glorification of armed forces here in NZ is on ANZAC Day where the soldiers who fought in the world wars are remembered and honoured for "serving our country". Once again, I'm not too sure how our country was served, but there were at least positive goals of taking out evil leaders and regimes in other parts of the world.
This post is really badly written, sorry. It all just got typed as it came out of my brain.
Meanwhile, mmm, I can smell my fruit and seed bread that is almost finished baking!