At a congressional hearing recorded on C-SPAN in June 2005, he gave his analysis of the Iraq war's motivation: "“I use the acronym OIL,” he said, “O for oil, I for Israel and L for the logistical base necessary or deemed necessary by the so-called neocons – and it reeks through all their documents – the logistical base whereby the United States and Israel could dominate that area of the world.”" He said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon “has our president wrapped around his little finger” and that Bush has been “mesmerized” by Sharon.