A newly elected Democratic congressman pushed back on CNN's attempt to frame Iran as America's enemy, arguing diplomacy beats escalation — a sign Washington's war-hungry media narrative is running into resistance from a new wave of lawmakers.

• Adam Hami, a Democrat who won his New Jersey House seat by a landslide, told CNN that the U.S. is "pushing Iran into a fight" rather than treating it as a fixed enemy, pointing to past diplomacy under Obama as proof a different path works.
• Polling shows most Americans, including a majority of Republicans, want Congress to end involvement in the Iran conflict, suggesting war-mongering TV coverage is out of step with public opinion.
• Hami's background as a combat surgeon, Iraq war veteran, and humanitarian volunteer in conflict zones gives his anti-war stance credibility that's hard to attack as unpatriotic.
• The exchange reflects a broader comparison: just as North Korea's hostility toward the U.S. stems from an actual war history, there's no similar history with Iran, making it harder to sell Americans on treating it as an enemy.

Outlook: Expect more friction between legacy media's framing of foreign adversaries and a newer group of veteran-background lawmakers pushing diplomacy over confrontation.