Lost in the space race

I have no doubt that the Russians and Chinese are quietly smiling to themselves as the U.S. space budget is gutted.  As we cede our dominance in space, those two countries will move more and more to militarizing space, effectively pinning us on the ground, leaving us with no eyes in space and no travel.  There is so much accomplished by the unmanned program, including the development of technologies that will improve manned spaceflight as well...  but the budget process is destroying our space program.  It is arguably a treasonous act.  There is a new, undeclared, space race – and the U.S. will be left behind.  People will, in the not so distant future, say things like "Remember when the U.S. had the best space program?  Too bad they killed it."