Ironically, the attempt to expand their military power globally is a factor that led to the downfall of the greatest empires in history.
if their having to redeploy resources from the rest of the world to deal with iran, thats not a good sign moving forward for them. It means one mid sized nation with no air force, no navy, no economy, just missiles and some cheap suicide drones can cause them this many problems, then they might just be having their ukraine moment.