Un-Proximate Objectives

...it is not a proximate objective because it is not feasible within the present legal and law-enforcement frame work. 

Unfortunately, since Kennedy's time, there has been an increased penchant for defining goals that no one really knows how to achieve and pretending that they are feasible.  Take, for example, the War on Drugs.  

No matter how desirable it might be to stop the use of illegal drugs, it is not a proximate objective because it is not feasible within the present legal and law-enforcement frame work.   Indeed, the enormous efforts directed at this objective may only drive out the small-time smuggler, raise the street price, and make it even more profitable for the sophisticated drug cartels.

ACTION POINT: Avoid objectives that are not feasible within existing frameworks.