Davening for the welfare of jews, in eretz yisroel, in America, in the Israeli army, has nothing to do with zionism. The fact that there are people who are frum who are mishtadel to keep Jews safe is fine, but the only reason why we need an army is because the zionists put us in the lion’s den to begin with. The chazon ish made this point very often…i forgot the exact moshol he gave, but kt was something along the lines of throwing someone into a pit and then expecting them to be grateful to you for taking them out
Tut mir nisht ken tovos, as they say.
Rav millers fierce antizionism in no way contradicts what he said about davening for soldiers. When soldiers came to the steipler to ask for his bracha before a dangerous mission, he prayed for them fervently, because they’re yidden and they’re in danger; it’s really not that complicated. Actually, they’re in more danger because of the repulsive state of the army, because Hashem said in war that he will turn away from us if there’s ervas davar in our camp. And there’s no shortage of ervas davar in the IDF.