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Published on Sep 30, 2015

US President Barack Obama’s recent speech at the United Nations underscored weakness by a leader whose policies have isolated the United States and placed the Middle East on a destructive path, a US military analyst in California says.

“He’s outmatched very simply by [Russian] President Vladimir Putin, who is a brilliant thinker, very strong speaker, a man of integrity and honor and character and honesty,” said Scott Bennett, a former US Army psychological warfare officer.

“Barack Obama’s behavior at the United Nations is a very clear indication of a man on his last legs of sanity, clear thinking, confidence; he is on the borderline of having a schizophrenic mental emotional breakdown,” Bennett told Press TV on Wednesday.

“He was not a strong man when he came into office, he is not a strong character at all…he has made every bad choice and bad policy that a man can make in the presidency of the United States,” he said.

Speaking Tuesday at a counter-terrorism summit in New York City that took place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Obama pledged to use all possible tools to destroy Daesh, which he admitted was continuing to expand.

The US president insisted that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must step down if the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group is to be defeated.

Obama’s remarks came a day after he clashed with Putin over the future role of Assad in Syria.

As part of a plan to fight against Daesh terrorists, Russia has been beefing up its military presence in Syria, deploying warplanes, tanks and personnel to an airfield in the port city of Latakia.

Putin has said that Russia's support for the Assad government was in accordance with the UN Charter, since "we have been providing assistance to legitimate government entities only." Ahead of a meeting with Obama last week, the Russian leader also criticized US support for militants operating in Syria.