As the tech industry races to deploy post-quantum cryptography (PQC) against future quantum attacks, a high-stakes standards war is raging in the IETF. The NSA and GCHQ are advocating for 'pure' PQC encryption in TLS 1.3, stripping away the proven safety net of traditional elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC)—despite breaches like SIKE proving hybrid ECC+PQC is critical. This article exposes how regulatory pressure and flawed consensus threaten to normalize reckless security practices.