Sentence:  The dispatches [...] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having <WSD>lectured</WSD> the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom 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:  To preach, to berate, to scold.