Mary Mapes from the Huffington Post has a lot to say about the empty flight suit.

Has it really been five years since we were treated to that breathtaking “Mission Accomplished” scene aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln?

Yup, almost 4,000 dead and 28,000 wounded since Bush declared “Mission Accomplished”

Besides, it is already clear that the bravado and arrogance behind the “Mission Accomplished” moment dwarfs anything we’ll ever see in the 2008 campaign. Today, the carrier landing, the bulging flight suit and the colorful banner all seem so long ago. So 2003.

That day was thousands of American military funerals ago, countless dead Iraqis ago. Too many lives and too many lies ago.

Maybe the New York Times was right after all. Maybe the “Mission Accomplished” extravaganza was a lot like the president’s National Guard service — unfair, unfinished, unforgivable.