He gets a small amount of satisfaction knowing that Eames was coerced into this too. Even the high-ups in the Courts live by the whims of their masters.

"Still a pawn on the chessboard, are you?" He looks around, up at the cheering crowd. "I wonder if they know. Still, they probably don't care. Entertainment is cheap. Those with power know that."

It might even have some of the effect that its creators no doubt intended: to quell the masses, make them believe that there's hope for peace or at least distract them long enough to forget about everything else.