Now I am pretty sure that we actually did sign a non-aggression act about a year or so ago but I can't find anything on it (maybe my memory hole).
The ONLY reason that NK stayed at the table when the Clinton administration was talking with them was the threat of military action.
That all Il-Jong understands. This is reverseing 50+ years of US foreign policy.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/korea_north_bush_dcABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) said Wednesday the United States and its partners were all willing to sign a document declaring "we won't attack you" so long as North Korea (news - web sites) agrees to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
"I guess they're trying to stand up to the five nations that are now uniting in convincing North Korea to disarm and my only reaction is we'll continue to send a very clear message to the North Koreans," Bush said in Bali, Indonesia before flying to Australia.
Speaking with reporters later aboard Air Force One, Bush said the United States and its partners in the negotiations were "all willing to sign some sort of document -- not a treaty -- that says, 'We won't attack you.' But he needs to abandon his nuclear program in a verifiable way."