WASHINGTON (Dispatches) – President Joe Biden has falsely claimed that the United States does not have military troops deployed to Syria, despite the fact that American occupation forces are systematically plundering natural resources and smuggling basic commodities out of the war-ravaged Arab country. During an interview with ABC News broadcast on Thursday, Biden pointed to Syria and East Africa as areas where terrorists pose a greater threat to Americans than Afghanistan, and argued the U.S. does not have a sizable military presence in those areas yet.