Well, Ghost Recon does follow in Tom Clancy's footsteps.

Tom Clancy was notorious for being able to take a world situation, and giving you a very thorough "what if" scenario.

Chances are, the GR team simply did enough of a good job to predict that the Georgian Russian tensions would eventually boil over.
In my opinion, it was a matter of time, given Georgia's unfortunate location.

If you're right about it taking place in August of '08, then that's one heck of a coincidence.
But no more than the coincidence of the date of the main conflict starting on 8/8/8.

mabye a possible cover up here as various bits of info have changed, such as the date, etc

All this Tom Clancy conspiracy talk is hilarious. A coincidence, nothing more. The guys who made the game did good research and it happened to come true.

What if we go to war with Russia or Iran? You guys going to claim that Call of Duty 4 was released to prepare us for the conflict? Try drinking a little less cool-aid.

One could consider the possibility that the players of this game brought on the war by playing the game through something like a collective conciousness. Video games can be very stimulating and the person playing the game is an actor and likely totally goes into another zone inside their head. There is probably something going on in the player's mind that surpasses scientific understanding. In a way, that trance like state could almost be like a continuous prayer, for lack of a better word - these players are not in any real danger as they play, so it creates a stead fast flow into the characters and plot/s of the game and such eventually becomes a reality.

The exact month and date is really intriguing though. I am not sure how that was managed, but maybe humans are becoming more and more adept at bringing things on themselves and make fantasy become a reality and they were able to get it right on the mark this time.

If this is true then every video game will eventually become a reality in some way, which would be a pretty nerve wracking prospect as there are some pretty hideously scary video games out there.

Ok, I did not have time to read all pages so this is maybe old information:

Wikipedia somebody changed month to April 2008. This is correct information, first mission was in April, somebody checked..

The first Splinter Cell game had Georgia or was it Russia? trying to use nuclear weapons or something like that. I thought I remembered them being involved.

didn't read the entire thread.. kinda tired right now..

just wondering..

has anyone discussed what happens SPECIFICALLY in the other 2 games after it? (besides WWIII breaking out in the end)

what specifically happens as far as certain altercations - operations etc..

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