That's true but what good is a superior military if it is tied up in the mid east and can't get to Taiwan?That's possible, and I think they would have taken the opportunity if it wasn't for the fact that we utterly dismantled the entire conventional military ability of the Iranian regime in about 2 days.
Pretty sure that scared Xi shitless.
As much as Desert Storm was a one sided ass whooping that made the Russian and Chinese generals shit their pants, this was a lot more so.
Combined with Venezuela, it demonstrates just how far ahead the US is militarily that anyone else on the planet.