The heavy military expenditures throughout the Cold War benefited Virginia's economy proportionately more than any other state, especially in Hampton Roads, home to several large naval and air bases, and Northern Virginia, home to the Pentagon and numerous private companies that contract with the military.
The first amendment gives the right to petition members of the government.
The differences between the two countries stems from their ideologies. Communism was the ideology followed by the Soviet Union while capitalism was the ideology of the US