Meet The New Boss
What was that noise?
Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new leader, Israel says he won’t last long
BEIRUT, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Lebanese armed group Hezbollah named Naim Qassemas its new leader on Tuesday but Israel said his tenure would be “temporary”, an apparent threat after it killed his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut over a month ago.
“Temporary appointment. Not for long,” Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant posted on X with a photo of Qassem.
Earlier, Iran-backed Hezbollah said in a written statement that its Shura Council had elected Qassem, 71, in accordance with its established mechanism for choosing a secretary general.
Qassem was appointed as Hezbollah’s deputy chief in 1991 by the armed group’s then-secretary general Abbas al-Musawi, who was killed by an Israeli helicopter attack the following year.
Qassem remained in his role when Nasrallah became leader, and has long been one of Hezbollah’s leading spokesmen, conducting interviews with foreign media, including while cross-border hostilities with Israel raged over the last year.
Nasrallah was killed on Sept. 27 in an Israeli air attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs, known as Dahiyeh, and senior Hezbollah figure Hashem Safieddine – considered the most likely successor – was killed in Israeli strikes a week later.
Since Nasrallah’s killing, Qassem has given three televised addresses, including one on Oct. 8 in which he said the armed group supported efforts to reach a ceasefire for Lebanon.
He is considered by many in Lebanon to lack the charisma and gravitas of Nasrallah.
In its official Arabic account on X, the Israeli government said: “His tenure in this position may be the shortest in the history of this terrorist organization if he follows in the footsteps of his predecessors Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine.”
Let me be first to congratulate Mr. Qassem on his ascension to First Target. His lack of charisma and gravitas won’t bother the IDF in the least, Inshallah.
Category: Iran, Israel, Middle East
Same as the old boss…
So not sorry for his loss….
I doubt if the IDF will get fooled…again….and it won’t be a shotgun that sings the song. Obligatory post featuring THE Greatest Rock and Roll Band…EVAH!
Wow KoB, I finally found something I disagree with you on…
The Who, not the IDF…
I much prefer the Hu, but that’s just me..
It’s all good, Fyr. I figured my comment might have some that wouldn’t agree on who (see what I did there?) is THE best R&R Band EVAH. The debate on that subject can become as spirited as to the debate over sugar in cornbread (shudder), which I deem to be an abomination against all things Holy…or using a Brillo Pad to clean a cast iron skillet (THE HORROR…Call The SVU (Southern Vittles Unit) Squad. YMMV
I’ve had the advantage of seeing The Who in numerous live concerts since they FIRST (ht2 Hack) hit the scene in 1965, the last live concert was a few years back at Veterans Stadium in Jax. The House was packed and them Boys were still rocking it.
It’s always cool when you get to see your favorite bands multiple times, and with the above exceptions, I know you have no problems with honest disagreements..
As to the cornbread issue, where do you stand on butter and honey on top of skillet (the only way to cook it) cornbread?
I likes butter in and on my cast iron skillet prepared cornbread. I likes honey (HUSH Ms Thang) on and sopped up by cornbread now and again. Full disclosure, Oddly enough, I do put a dollop of honey in my Hush Puppy mix. That coming from my paternal Grand Mother (A Real Daughter of a Confederate Soldier) that was taking honey straight from the comb that her Daddy started not long after The War. Sadly, that Honey Bee Box disappeared just a day or so after her funeral in ’71. Sugar, in our household, was reserved for tea and assorted baked sweet goods.
Those that have kept up with The Adventures of The Gun Bunny know that he has the cast iron cookware collection from Hell. Just about any size/configuration one can imagine, any of them subject to be a “Daily Driver” and a number of them are several generations old. All are well seasoned and the envy of collectors everywhere. My “go to” cornbread skillet is a #14, well over 100 years old, that can make enough cornbread for the meal and have plenty left over for the cornbread dressing…another reason to NOT put sugar in the cornbread batter. Who wants sweetened dressing? And nope, there are NO boxes of “Stove Top Stuffing Mix” in my pantry, but there are back up 5# & 10# bags of Buttermilk (Dixie/White Lily) Corn Meal and Sugar.
Iffen any of the Deplorable Knotzie Garbage that haunt these pages ever make The Gun Bunny Family Reunion Dinner on the grounds, they would probably just go ahead and move in. And they’d be welcome to do so…Them dishes ain’t gonna wash themselves. 😀
My mom had a couple of cast iron muffin pans that were her mom’s, she’d oil it up, preheat it smoking hot and then pour in the cornbread batter. Gave those muffins a nice crispy crust. Cornbread mix was not allowed in her kitchen, it wasn’t even mentioned.
I’d run right over you to see the Who.
Too soon?
No need to, Lil’ Bro…I’d buy your ticket AND the refreshments for you meownself and we’d amble at the mosey to get there. Next stop? Reliving a teenage wasteland. Baba O will meet us there. Her love will reign o’er me.
Get on the magic bus and don’t forget mama’s squeezebox!
Rush
The noise? Nothing Iman, that was merely my pager sending me a secure message. Very handy, very secure, very safe.
Oh, that? It’s just someone wanting to speak to you on my walkie talkie. Here…those red numbers counting down? That’s how much time you have…I mean how much BATTERY time you have left…
On a night note, Hezbollah pension costs are basically zero.
Not only that but the Old Terrorist Retirement Home always has vacancies and the line in the cafeteria is super short.
So if the peeps on the chow line line up asshole to belly button, the chow line would be shorter. Worked on our LPH 3’s chow line every day.
Was he notified by pager?
I’ll just leave this here
https://youtu.be/lO9oT-PZqOU?si=OTGcuZ2dn2LXu5Rv
He’ll be a smoking hole in no time.
Since these guys want to be a martyr for their demon, he don’t care about being a target.
Disagree, Graybeard. The Mad Mullahs are perfectly happy having the dimmer jihadists carry out martyr ops. They stay behind and direct- much less ‘splody that way. At least for them.
“They stay behind and direct- much less ‘splody that way. At least for them.”
Well, until recently at least…
Nothing like leading from the rear.
They lead in the rear.
I think this would be a good time for this new leader to schedule lots of appearances with his minions of targets. Maybe he could publish a schedule of locations and times. Also he can start making plans for his cremation, that is if the IDF will help by using an incendiary bomb.
I’m sure they’d be willing to accommodate.
I would assume that any cabinet meetings he may hold will be via Zoom.
From a bunker in an undisclosed location.
I think that’s Boom in Arabic.
Meet the new boss!!!
Dead like the old boss!!
Naim Qassamas will be one of the few people to have their Hail and their Farewell in the same week.
His tenure will be as long and distinguished as Hunter Biden’s career in the US Naval Reserve.
I keep tellin’ ya’ll, the coke was on the butt of the cigarette he bummed off somebody.
The old Greg Brady Defense. We can clear Hunter’s reputation in 30 minutes, including commercials.
It was from the coke he blew up a hooker’s bum
Same-same old boss…
“Let me be first to congratulate Mr. Qassem on his ascension to First Target.”
Took the words right out of my mouth!
“One night in Beruit and the hard man crumbles…”
“Not much between despair and ecstasy”
“Can’t be too careful with your company.”
Glad to see some caught the nod to Murray Head.
“Temporary appointment. Not for long,”
LOL
Great line.
The next one will probably be a “moderate”…
“We will only kill Jews every other day, and not on Christmas.”
I’d like give this guy a gift for being elected to his new position. An Apple Air Tag. In fact I’d like to get all the leaders in Iran an Apple Air Tag.
He looks kinda nervous