The thing is, it might be something that someone of that time would say, but nowhere in the past has Jay ever said such a thing. He's not the kind of guy to throw those sort of quips around. Most of his stuff is situational, classic superhero banter, and as an elder statesman of DC he hasn't said anything of the sort. I...I just can't see Jay SAYING this, with that inherent jingoistic 'gee whiz' voice. Willingham seems to be pouring it on real thick to hit the reader over the head: "These are old war fogeys!" Well, yes, but no-one said that group was ever homogenous.
The dialogue is just terrible. I kinda did a mental headdesk when I saw Major Damage's quote. 'God like'? Come on!
Willingham needs a dialogue coach. Or a guy hired to specifically do dialogue. Or to stop writing non-creater owned work, period.