Terrorist threats are a scary thing, and several countries in Europe have been currently facing some of the worst for the past few years.

This causes not only innocent people to live in fear, but it could also hurt Europe’s tourism. Not to mention the terrible results if an attack would occur.

The United States has already warned Americans currently in Europe, or those about to go there, to pay attention if they are in crowded places such as tourist attractions and subways.

There may be people hesitant on whether they should go to Europe or not and because of the threats, they cancel their trips.

However, people can’t live in fear, because that would give those who are threatening the power.

One of the worst terrorist attacks ever was what most people remember as 9/11. In 2008 several attacks took place in Mumbai, India, that included both shootings and bombings.

If we go along with what the U.S. officials say, then the planned attacks will most likely look like those in Mumbai.

However, in the last few weeks there have been two false bomb alarms which have forced the French police to evacuate the Eiffel Tower.

This is certainly nothing new in this world, but it’s nevertheless a terrible thing. There is always some terrorist in this world, threatening to do something. And that’s sad. However, people may react differently to those threats depending on where they live or grew up.

For instance, a person living in a country that’s been threatened from time to time without being attacked may think that those new threats aren’t such a big deal. While another who’s living in a country that’s either been attacked or never been under a bigger threat may see this as a big thing.

This is of course different from person to person.

I’ve been raised in Sweden, and usually when I hear something like this I just shake my head and say something like “that’s just crazy.” There has never been any reason for me to worry. This time however, I had reason to be worried since my sister was flying to one of the threatened cities.

As President Obama said, “we can absorb a terrorist attack.” Even if that is true, an attack like 9/11, for instance, will always be remembered.

An act like this doesn’t just affect the country that it’s against. It affects the entire world.

This last month the U.S. has increased its missile strikes with unmanned planes, also known as drones. It’s hard to tell whether it’s successful against the plotting on terror attacks.

Successful or not, we can just hope the threats are nothing more than threats, and that there won’t be any attacks.