It's been a stubborn fallacy, to blame Russia for an attack by Georgian troops led Saakashvili on a peacekeeping force in South Ossetia.

Orwell guidance

Georgian troops led by Saakashvili attacked a peacekeeping force in South Ossetia. To blame Russia for that attack is a stubborn fallacy.

I've come to prefer poetical in public speech though, as in my experience, many innerboob readers object to declarative sentences or even a hint of the imperative "voice".
< wipes tears >
"Does that make sense? Let's circle back."

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