User blog comment:Ramallah/Mass Effect 3 details revealed/@comment-2127131-20110416163954/@comment-121.219.49.46-20110417022200

Agreed. The Illusive Man is many bad things, but lacking in intelligence, foresight and practicality are not among them. He knows how important Shepard will be against the Reapers and that is why he brought Shep back to life in the first place. And after having spent so much time and effort preparing for the Reapers in seems strange he would waste resources once they get here. Even if Shepard blew up the base, TIM would still be smart enough to wait it out till after the true threat has past before enacting any vengeance. It would be similar to how he allowed Anderson to keep hold of Grayson's corpse, as he knew Anderson would use the information well. and this is after the guy practically obliterated a large chunk of his organisation and almost killed him.