Should we Clone the Mammoth?

Here is a bit of controversy for you: where religion and science meet again. Scientists are very close to cloning a wooly mammoth, lead by a team composing of the United States, Japan, and Russia. The scientific breakthroughs could be enormous, and scientists predict the results could have large impacts on the human genome. They failed to explain any further than that.

What's the beef, then? people have an issue "when man tries to play God". There are two arguments that stem from this issue:

1) We should not clone the mammoth because we are not God, and we can't even comprehend what we are messing with.
2) We should not clone the mammoth because nature made the choice of making the mammoth extinct.

By logic and reason, both of these arguments are incorrect, for two reasons. One, God has not been proven (or dis-proven) yet. Second, I think the scientists know EXACTLY what they are dealing with. Third, nature did not make that choice- we HUNTED the mammoth for its meat and fur. End of story- we killed off the mammoths. The first statement (is usually) true, and only true if, you are a Christian or one who believes in the monotheistic God.

Scientists want to resurrect the mammoth by using carcass DNA (preserved in Russia, by Russia) and implanting it into an african elephant. Animal rights activists say this is unnatural for the elephant, and strongly oppose it. In all honesty, I trust the scientists know what they are doing in this case because their credentials are greater than those of activists. If completed, the mammoth will be the first extinct species brought back to life.

I am wondering if the mammoth will be able to survive and fight off modern day diseases, which may not have existed 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. The specimen would be studied carefully and analyzed. Maybe some people have problems with it being a "play thing", but I doubt scientists with positive intentions mean to harm an animal. People always assume the worst of things, and assumptions are presumed truths in the absence of facts.

Should we clone the mammoth? My answer is, why not?