Sentence:  The dispatches [...] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing <WSD>freedom</WSD> was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.