On September 11, 2001, the United States faced a deep tragedy that will never be forgotten. With the thousands of lives lost because of the terrorist attack on 9/11 came a strong plan implemented for the safety of the United States to protect the lives of Americans from suicide bombers.
Recently in the news, we have seen terrorist attacks happening in Europe and our hearts have been going out to those affected. With the constant attacks, we wonder what plans will be in place to help protect the lives of those living in Europe.
Last week, we found out that the bomber who attacked Brussels was actually supposed to attack Paris, which would have been the second attack that we have recently seen. Islamic state operatives have walked freely across the border the past two weeks, having plans in their brains that they wanted to implement.
Mohamed Abrini, the third man that was involved with the Brussels airport bombing, confessed to being involved in the scheme. What makes this even crazier is the fact that he walked right through the airport without one single person knowing that he had different motives than just being a typical tourist. What is it going to take for European officials to be able to protect their people from these attackers?
According the the NYTimes, there are two big problems with the way that Europe is running their security measures. First, possible terrorist strikes might not be known due to the fact that some European countries do not keep close contact with others and often do not share basic intelligence measures. Also, “Cooperation is also hampered by differences in languages, budgets, intelligence capabilities and even judgments about the severity of the terrorism threat.”
The time is now for the countries of Europe to pull together to protect their residents. The gap between lack of communication or unity needs to be bridged and the safety of those residing in these countries needs to be taken into account. If a second attack just happened, who is to say there would not be a third? Precautions need to be taken sooner than later.
