I am genuinely not sure what her interaction with them adds, except layers of historical irony. Perhaps, Clever Author Being Clever, she thought that was enough?

From your three quoted lines, I can't buy that the dead are clear sighted.

The first line reminds me of the one in The Princess Bride about winning a land war in Asia. If the author's hoping for that resonance, for humor, then that's good, but otherwise maybe a little embarrassing?