Chinny Crewman,
Houghton being CJO for early HERRICKs puts his fingers slightly in the mangle, but remember that at that time the single-Service staffs (especially Army) had far more influence than they do now. You only have to read Lord Richards' autobiography to realise how much CGS and ACGS, and not PJHQ, were driving things. As for ELLAMY, the subsequent descent into failure of the Libyan state in no way changes the fact that the military efficiently did what it was tasked to do; I do not believe that it reflects poorly on Houghton at all that the wider structures of government failed to come up with a comprehensive strategy to exploit military success.