Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon s disabling stroke has thrown Israeli politics into turmoil yet again.

Of those patients that develop this side effect, about a quarter in one study said it was a major and disabling problem.

Indeed, current professional education can even be seen as enabling the physician as a technical expert, while disabling him or her as a care giver.

Vaccines have eradicated smallpox, pushed polio to the verge of eradication, and saved millions of children from measles, diphtheria, tetanus, and other deadly and disabling diseases.

But the repercussions for international politics of the disabling conditions diagnosed as manic depressive illnesses (including major unipolar depression) and schizophrenia could not be more serious.

Cyber security experts rightly worry about the possibility of bringing an entire economy to a halt by attacking and disabling the control systems in its electrical, communication, and transportation networks.

They seized computers and files, disabling the animal rights movement as it was on the eve of launching a new initiative to enshrine the protection of animals in the Austrian constitution.

But other goals, such as the promotion of democracy and human rights, are better achieved by soft power, which can also create an enabling or disabling environment, as the United States discovered in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq.

A week after liberation, we started discussing how to solve services problems resulting from the withdrawal of the regime and disabling its institutions. We decided to establish the rally as a civil institution without subordination to any political, religious or military affiliation.

It remains unclear how exactly the Russian authorities managed to shut off Internet access in Armyansk and the surrounding area, whether Krymtelekom or other telecoms were involved in the decision, and whether the government is still actively disabling the Internet in this region.

In the case of enforcing the no fly zone, Resolution 1973 allows the destruction, by aircraft or missile, of any loyalist jet or helicopter that takes off, any pro Qaddafi forces anti aircraft batteries or missile launch sites, and the disabling of any airstrip.