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The director's commentary of the film reveals that then-incumbent President [[Bill Clinton]] liked the film so much that he had it screened for his staff, friends and advisors at the [[White House]].{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

In ''[[Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy]]'' Matthew Alford called ''Three Kings'' "an unusual ideological product on Hollywood terms, which begins to break down the official history of the Gulf War [...but nevertheless...] suggests that the problems of Iraq can be solved, and only solved, by the application of US force". He observes that Russell "sheepishly indicated ''Three Kings''' ideological consistency with the 2003 Iraq War" when Russell met George W. Bush in 1999(?) and said he was making a film that would question his father's legacy in Iraq. Alford quotes Bush as responding to Russell: "Then I guess I'm going to have to finish the job, aren't I?"<ref name="Alford">{{cite book |last1=Alford |first1=Matthew |author1-link=Matthew Alford |title=Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy |year=2010 |publisher=Pluto Press |isbn=978-1783714445 |pages=80-8180–81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4jVIvwEACAAJ |access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref>

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