Hey, it was a rhetorical question. No answer was anticipated, and that's exactly what happened.
"A
-- question is a -- in the form of a -- posed for its persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply (ex: "Why me?")-- Rhetorical questions encourage the listener to think about what the (often obvious) answer to the question must be. When a speaker states,
"How much longer must our people endure this injustice?", no formal answer is expected. Rather, it is a device used by the speaker to assert or deny something."
There ya go.