Similarly, while he opposed the 2001 war in Afghanistan to remove the Taliban, he wrote an article (in "Socialist Action") entitled ""Why workers should support Soviet action in Afghanistan"" in 1980. This led to accusations of hypocrisy. Locke explained that his previous support for the Soviet invasion was the position of the Socialist Action League, that he was wrong to have supported it, that he was incorrect in believing it would protect human rights in Afghanistan, and that he now believed it encouraged Islamic extremist groups.