MediaMatters.org reports conservative Rush Limbaugh equated the abuses chronicled in the army's report on abuse in Iraq to a lighthearted prank. "This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation and we're going to ruin people's lives over it and we're going to hamper our military effort, and then we are going to really hammer them because they had a good time. You know, these people are being fired at every day. I'm talking about people having a good time, these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You [ever] heard of [the] need to blow some steam off?"