No, the ME countries DO know that the oil is owned by Americans. They are along with the US at the same party. THey, the illegal Monarchs, the Fahds, the Saddam's, the Bashar's , Mubaraks, are all in bed, on their knees if you will, to the US. Remember the BinLaden connection? well there is a monarchy connection also, and it's related. They are being bribed and allowed, by the US to live the life of Kings/Princes at the expense of their own people. They are stealing and all the Western economic interests look the other way. The Monarchs have been blackmailed, caught in a trap, and their hands are tied. The execution by the American courts of Saddam was a message to the rest of the ME to never $#^& with us or this will be your fate. Saddam HAD to be executed as a precedent.

Anyway, at the moment, the powers enjoy their position, if the people do takeover in a democratic revolution, the West is in deep deep trouble. But the rising, just like in the US cannot occur for the same reasons it cannot in the US- divisiveness, state control, big brother....so it's a long way off, unless there is unity.