Will a U.S.-Led NATO Show-of-Force Exercise in E. Europe Affect Putin's Plans For The Ukraine?

I think that Putin is already achieving the results he desires, but quietly in the background rather than on the front page of international news. I think his aggressive cyber attack that crippled a NATO country (Estonia) in 2007 was the first test of NATO's resilience. The next years he attacked or invaded non-NATO countries under the guise of securing ethnic Russian populations (Georgia 2008, Kyrgyzstan 2009, and now Ukraine) which I believe was his plan to condition the world to the Russian cause. Since WWII, NATO has been the biggest deterrent to Russian/Soviet expansion. I think NATO is much weaker today than it has been since the Cold War and Putin is carefully establishing the opportune moment to move based on my last three years of working with NATO. I believe Putin will continue his cyber campaign and propaganda in Eastern block NATO countries before setting up a false flag operation to move in and "secure" ethnic Russians in a NATO country. This would violate Article six and Force NATO to respond in a war that no one wants, reduce the worldwide reputation of NATO as a legitimate military deterrent, or could bring the demise of NATO. Article six would require every NATO country to act to defend, and I don't see the majority of NATO being militarily or economically prepared to rise to that challenge. In conclusion, I don't think parading a Stryker unit through the eastern block is going to intimidate Russia's motivation to become a more significant world power, unchallenged in Europe.

I say no, but I qualify the "other" response because I don't think Putin can be any more emboldened than he already is.  I think he has a plan in place & he will push forward with it no matter what we do.

I don't recall the Russians being too well known for bowing down to intimidation. I waved goodbye to the 12 A-10's that left here from Davis-Monthan. Watching them all train at once right over the house was AWESOME!