Oh the horror!
Democrats want to force us to focus on defending the surge, making the case that it will work and explaining why the President's new Iraq policy is different from prior efforts and therefore justified.
Damn those dirty Democrats, trying to get Congress to do its job and perform a little oversight on their Glorious Leader! How dare they try to focus on substantive issues of national security when Republican political fortunes are at stake! The nerve! Good thing Republicans have plenty of experience at throwing up a massive flak barrage of empty rhetorical hot air.
The debate should not be about the surge or its details. This debate should not even be about the Iraq war to date, mistakes that have been made, or whether we can, or cannot, win militarily. If we let Democrats force us into a debate on the surge or the current situation in Iraq, we lose.
Sometimes these things write themselves.