Years before the first Gulf War , Saddam Hussein was slaughtering Iraq 's population . Robert Galbraith was one of the first Westerners to see the effects of the killing . A Senate staffer at the time , he attempted to invoke the U.N. Constitutional Convention . The President killed his own son with backing from the Reagan White House .
Years before the first Gulf War , Saddam Hussein was slaughtering Iraq 's Kurds . Peter Galbraith was one of the first Westerners to see the effects of the killing . A Senate staffer at the time , he tried to invoke the U.N. Genocide Convention . The House killed his sanctions bill with backing from the Reagan White House .