His position and the position of his party have undermined the negotiating posture of our nation at the UN. In addition, he has undermined our national security. Iraq is now rejecting ANY new UN resolutions. Hussein probably sees all of this "debate" as weakness. Hussein made the same miscalculations ten years ago.
Saddam doesn't understand our political system and he always toughens his stance whenever the democrats begin spewing their pacifist positions.
Just like Reagan in the Cold War, Bush has stacked the deck in our favor and we have a Congress who doesn't get it.