DY- I don’t know if that’s the case- that it’s clear the tefilah is for political reasons. I have heard that Rabbonim in the Charedi communities compose special tefilos during times of war like during Cast Lead or the second Lebanon War. Even though there are firefighters in constant danger, there is room for extra tefilos when facing an enemy during times of war. There is a unique danger present there that doesn’t exist in other dangerous times. It could be that the tefilah was composed because a soldier is in a constant state of war. He is constantly in this unique danger to prevent all of us from being in that unique danger. I can understand why people separate soldiers from other dangerous occupations.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think it’s poor midos not to say it. I understand why you wouldn’t differentiate one dangerous occupation from another. But I don’t automatically assume that the tefilah was composed for political motivations, and I don’t really care if it was. And I also understand why some might consider a soldier to be in a unique situation of danger.