Yes, it is actually a well documented fact. I remember a few years ago reporter from one of the big mainstream television channels was interviewing the Prince of Saudi Arabia on his $50 million boat he purchased from Donald Trump. The reporter was asking questions always keeping the flattery on high of this greasy Arab. He was sitting at his desk and behind him there was a glass wall with all the decals/logos of all the Western Industries he has shareholdership in. There was CNN, CBS, NBC, FOX, TNN, Aljazeera, Lucent Technologies, Microsoft, Coca-cola, US-KOBE Steel, all the oil companies and many many more within Europe/West. I was shocked to see such a list. The reporter said that she had to be careful of what to ask and how to ask the questions so she wouldn't loose her job which shows how much pull he actually has..IMO
This same situation is similar with every Western leader's acceptance of Arab Oil monies towards their campaigns, "libraries" and personal life/investment portfolios: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George Bush Sr., Blair and many in America and Europe.... Someone should have wacked Jack Philby back in the 1800's-1912 before he could have betrayed the West and placed the Ibn Saud on top of that oil well family business known as "Saudi Arabia"...of course with Rockefeller monies.....