Three Kings (Spoils of War)

"Three Kings (Spoils of War)", unproduced draft, by John Ridley SPOILS OF WAR by John Ridley WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT JULY 26th, 1995 OVER BLACK WE SEE OPENING CREDITS FADE TO: VIDEO IMAGE President Bush in the Oval Office delivering an address to the American people. PRESIDENT BUSH ...This act of naked aggression must be checked.The United States, along with coalition forces from the Middle East, have drawn a line in the sand.There is only one way for this situation to be satisfactorily resolved.The belligerent forces from the Republic of Iraq must be removed from Kuwait, be it by choice, or by force... FADE TO: BLACK FADE TO: EXT. DESERT - DAY From a distance we see a Humvee sitting alone in the middle of a huge, empty desert.Just the Humvee, nothing else for miles.We hear the sound of a man making machine gun-like noises. JAEGER (V.O.) At-at-at-at-at.At-at-at-at-at. DISSOLVE TO: CU - HUMVEE There are three soldiers at the Humvee.Second Lieutenant JOHN EPPS,who sweeps the horizon with a pair of binoculars.PFC WES HAMMOND, who is behind the wheel looking very bored, and PFC MARK JAEGER, who is at the Humvee's thirty caliber machine gun, making the noises and shooting at phantom troops.When Jaeger talks it's with all the swagger of a B-movie hero. JAEGER At-at-at-at-at.At-at-at-at-at. EPPS What are you doing? JAEGER What does it look like I'm doing?I'm killing Iraqis.At-at-at-at-at.At- at- at-at-- WES Could you stop, please.You're giving me a headache. JAEGER A headache?