I'd say this guy isn't necessarily a hero for going back on active duty. There are many people who rejoin because, simply, they fear the alternatives. Not to say anything bad about those who choose to return for that reason, one of them is a very good friend of mine, but that decision didn't make him a hero in my eyes or his. Plain and simple, as with any other career or job, there are going to be those who simply don't feel they fit in anywhere else. Doubly so for military personnel, strippers, and priests.
At the same time, I don't think this makes him any less a hero. Or an idiot. Or flawed.
It really depends, in my mind, on his reason for going back. If he went back because he wants to defend truth, justice, and the American way for all of us, despite his disability, I'd call him a hero. I'd want to shake his hand. If he rejoined because he was only a few years away from a retirement check, or because he wanted national attention, or because he figured they'd never send someone with a prosthetic limb back on the front lines, I'd call him smart but not a hero.
It's the thought that counts.
